Contractor’s Insurer Seeks New Trial Or Reconsideration In Water Intrusion Suit

(May 31, 2023, 3:22 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — An insurer proceeding as subrogee of its contractor insured seeks a new trial or, in the alternative, reconsideration of a Louisiana federal judge’s ruling dismissing its suit against a subcontractor’s insurer to recover damages it paid stemming from water damage caused by the subcontractor’s negligence in performing work on a home’s roof, arguing that because it filed an amended complaint after the subcontractor’s insurer filed its motion to dismiss, which the subcontractor’s insurer answered, the motion to dismiss was moot when it was granted....