Louisiana Majority Reinstates Court’s Judgment Sustaining Exception Of Peremption

Mealey's (November 30, 2021, 12:32 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court on Nov. 23 held that an appeals court erred in reversing a lower court’s judgment that dismissed a professional malpractice claim against an insurance agent in a lawsuit arising from flood damage, finding that there are no facts under which the insured’s claims against the insurance agent are not perempted....