Majority: Discovery Sanction In Explosion Coverage Suit Was ‘Erroneous,’ ‘Abusive’

Mealey's (May 25, 2022, 12:18 PM EDT) -- SHREVEPORT, La. — A majority of a Louisiana appeals court on May 18 held that a lower court erred in imposing a discovery sanction that a jury would be instructed that insurers had knowledge of their insured’s operations before issuing their insurance policies, reversing the lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Louisiana’s military department and state police in a lawsuit arising from an explosion at Camp Minden....