Panel Enters Judgment In Favor Of Insurer In Defects Coverage Dispute

(July 20, 2018, 1:40 PM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — Reversing and remanding a lower court’s ruling, a Louisiana appeals panel on July 18 entered summary judgment in favor of an insurer and dismissed a third-party demand for the insurer’s alleged failure to provide coverage for defect claims (Shane Pierce, et al. v. Irma M. Rodriguez, et al., No. 17-681, La. App., 3rd Cir., 2018 La. App. Unpub. LEXIS 214)....