January 16, 2024
A New Orleans gas station's insurer owes no defense or indemnity coverage for a suit accusing a security guard of assault, a Louisiana federal court ruled, finding that the dispute fell plainly under the policy's assault and battery exclusion.
August 16, 2023
A New Orleans gas station's insurer can't avoid coverage of a man's suit alleging a security guard assaulted him, the man and the gas station owner told a Louisiana federal court, arguing key factual issues prevent the insurer from invoking an assault and battery exclusion.
October 14, 2022
Associated Industries Insurance Co.'s lawsuit seeking to avoid coverage of a man's injuries following an altercation at a gas station may remain in federal court, a Louisiana federal judge ruled, finding that his $42.5 million pre-suit settlement demand demonstrates that the insurer cleared the $75,000 amount-in-controversy threshold.