Louisiana Federal Judge Denies Contractor’s Insurer New Trial In Water Intrusion Suit

(July 27, 2023, 2:10 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A subcontractor’s insurer’s answer to a contractor’s insurer’s amended complaint filed after it moved for dismissal of the original complaint “did not moot its pending motion to dismiss,” a federal judge in Louisiana ruled July 26 in denying a motion for a new trial or reconsideration of the ruling dismissing its suit to recover damages it paid stemming from water damage caused by the subcontractor’s negligence in performing work on a home’s roof....