Time for suing insurer extended
April 10, 2009
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and other insurers may face a new round of lawsuits related to Hurricane Katrina even though the deadline for filing expired a year and a half ago.
The Louisiana Supreme Court declined late last week to hear an appeal in the case of Brenda Pitts v. Louisiana Citizens, thereby allowing a lower court decision favorable to policyholders to stand.
In January, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that Pitts could file suit against Citizens months after the deadline for initiating litigation had passed because a class-action lawsuit involving similar grievances had stopped the clock on the issue.
Citizens CEO John Wortman said about 90 new cases have been filed against Citizens since the appeals court decision in January, and he believes that other insurance companies will face the same dilemma.
Read Article: New Orleans Times Picayune
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