Magistrate Denies Request To Add Guaranty Association In Hurricane Coverage Suit

(July 26, 2023, 8:12 AM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — A Louisiana federal magistrate judge denied homeowners’ motion to amend to add the Louisiana Guaranty Association (LIGA) as a defendant in a suit against their now-insolvent insurer over failure to adequately compensate them for hurricane-related losses, finding that amendment would be “futile” because it would require dismissing the suit “for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”...