Majority Upholds Rulings In Favor Of 5 Excess Insurers In Construction Defect Dispute

(May 1, 2019, 2:09 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana appeals court majority on April 29 affirmed and amended in part a lower court’s rulings favorable to five excess insurers with respect to an underlying construction defect dispute, finding that an arbitration award and prior settlements were admissible as evidence for purposes of determining the insurers’ liability (M&R Drywall Inc. v. MAPP Construction LLC, et al., No. 2017 CA 0186 c/w No. 2017 CA 0187 c/w No. 2017 CA 0188, La. App., 1st Cir., 2019 La. App. LEXIS 762)....

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