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  1. March 22, 2024

    5th Circ. Asked For Do-Over In Hurricane Coverage Feud

    The owners of a New Orleans apartment complex urged the Fifth Circuit to rethink ordering them to arbitrate Hurricane Ida damage claims under New York law, arguing New York's choice-of-law clause would ordinarily be unenforceable under Louisiana law if it weren't couched within the arbitration provision.

  2. March 07, 2024

    5th Circ. Affirms Arbitration In Hurricane Coverage Feud

    The Fifth Circuit has ordered the owner of a New Orleans luxury apartment and retail complex to arbitrate a dispute with its domestic surplus lines insurers over coverage for $7 million in hurricane damage, ruling that arbitration is permitted under a carveout in conflicting Louisiana state law.

  3. September 21, 2023

    Apt. Owner Fights Arbitration Of $7M Ida Case At 5th Circ.

    A New Orleans luxury retail and apartment complex urged the Fifth Circuit to deny its foreign and domestic insurers' request to arbitrate a $7 million dispute over Hurricane Ida damage, arguing the insurers incorrectly construed the policies as one to force arbitration under international rules.

  4. August 15, 2023

    Insurers Say $7M Hurricane Damage Claim Must Be Arbitrated

    A group of foreign and domestic insurers urged the Fifth Circuit to affirm a ruling forcing arbitration in a $7 million dispute over Hurricane Ida damage to a New Orleans luxury apartment and retail complex, and asked for oral arguments in the case.

  5. June 21, 2023

    Louisiana Apt. Owner Says Insurance Fight Can't Be Arbitrated

    Various domestic and international insurers cannot avoid litigating a more than $7 million Hurricane Ida property damage claim in Louisiana court, a New Orleans property owner told the Fifth Circuit, arguing that an arbitration clause in its policies is unenforceable.

  6. April 24, 2023

    5th Circ. Will Hear Appeal Over $7M Ida Damage Claim

    The Fifth Circuit is set to decide whether domestic surplus lines insurers of property in Louisiana can enforce arbitration clauses in their policies, agreeing to take up an interlocutory appeal in litigation over $7 million in hurricane damage to a New Orleans luxury apartment and retail complex.