Louisiana Panel Reverses Ruling For Insurer In Suit Alleging Insured Stole Files

(August 4, 2023, 1:41 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana appeals panel held that a residential mortgage broker’s electronic loan files are “tangible” under state law and, therefore, can be defined as “‘property’ that is susceptible to ‘loss of use’” under a competitor’s business liability insurance policy, reversing a summary judgment ruling in favor of an insurer that intervened in the broker’s lawsuit alleging that its insured used stolen files to broker mortgage loans for its customers....