Judge Compels Arbitration Of Rain-Damage Claims Under ‘Broad’ Clause

Mealey's (October 21, 2020, 2:55 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on Sept. 29 denied a construction company and property owner’s motions to remand a lawsuit seeking more than $1.3 million from their insurers to state court and granted the insurers’ motion to compel arbitration of the dispute, ruling that the “broad” language of the insurance coverage’s arbitration clause encompassed all of the insureds’ claims, including its bad faith state law claims (Woodward Design + Build, LLC, et al. v. Certain Underwriters At Lloyd's London, et al., No. 19-14017, E.D. La. 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178799)....