Insurance Law – Pellegrin Law Firm of Metairie

New Orleans Federal Judge Rules for Long-Term Disability Claimant on Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion

Published by The Pellegrin Firm January 29, 2020

In a ruling dated January 13, 2020, Judge Sarah Vance of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana sided with a claimant in a dispute over the applicability of a pre-existing condition exclusion to a long-term disability claim.

District Court Finds for Surviving Spouse in ERISA Life Insurance Policy Benefit Dispute

Published by The Pellegrin Firm January 12, 2020

In a decision dated December 31, 2019, a federal district court in the Northern District of Texas found for the surviving spouse in a life insurance dispute between a deceased man’s spouse and his sons.

Louisiana Supreme Court Finds Bad Faith Insurance Statute Subject to 10-Year Prescriptive Period

Published by the Pellegrin Firm November 3, 2019

In a ruling dated October 22, 2019, the Louisiana Supreme Court found that the prescriptive period for bringing claims under La. R.S. 22:1973 for breach of the duty of good faith to an insured is 10 years.

David C. Pellegrin

Louisiana Long-Term Disability, Insurance Denial, & Personal Injury Attorney

New Orleans Federal Judge Rules for Long-Term Disability Claimant on Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion

District Court Finds for Surviving Spouse in ERISA Life Insurance Policy Benefit Dispute

Louisiana Supreme Court Finds Bad Faith Insurance Statute Subject to 10-Year Prescriptive Period