Louisiana Majority Denies Certified Questions In Coverage Suit Over Mine Death

(January 5, 2024, 9:03 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court denied the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ request to certify two questions in a coverage dispute arising from a worker’s death at a salt mine, refusing to consider whether the Louisiana Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Act applies to invalidate certain indemnification and additional insured provisions in contracts between the salt mine owner and its contractors....