Magistrate Recommends Adding Guaranty Association In Insureds’ Wind Damage Suit

Mealey's (May 25, 2023, 8:54 AM EDT) -- LAFAYETTE, La. — Two weeks after a Louisiana federal magistrate judge issued a report recommending granting homeowners’ motion to add the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) as a defendant in a suit against their now-insolvent homeowners’ insurer, a federal judge adopted the report and recommendation, finding that the magistrate’s findings were “correct under applicable law.”...