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• January 12, 2023
  Louisiana Supreme Court Permits Plaintiffs to Pursue Separate Claims for Negligence Against Both Employee and Employer in Same Lawsuit

  The Louisiana Supreme Court recently allowed a plaintiff to pursue claims for employer negligence while concurrently asserting claims for negligence against an employee in the same lawsuit, even though the employer has stipulated that it would be vicariously liable for the employee’s negligence.

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• January 12, 2023
  Recent FMCSA Developments

  Congress, in its Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, required the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to establish an apprenticeship pilot program that would allow drivers between the ages of 18 to 20 with intrastate commercial driver’s license to operate interstate commerce under specific conditions.

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• January 12, 2023
  The Federal Training Provider Registry and How It May Affect Negligent Hiring & Training Claims Against Commercial Drivers & Carriers

  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has implemented new rules affecting entry-level drivers who apply (or have applied) for the first time for a commercial driver’s license (CDL) on or after February 7, 2022.

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• December 21, 2022
  Randle v. Farmers New World Life Ins. Co.

  (Insurer and Agent’s Knowledge That Plaintiff Had Likely Assumed 100% Ownership of Her Former Husband’s Life Insurance Policy Pursuant to a Divorce Decree Precluded Summary Judgment for the Insurer, Which Paid Benefits to Sons Designated by Former Husband as Beneficiaries Despite Insurer and Its Agent’s Previous Representations to Plaintiff That No Beneficiaries Had Been Added)

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• December 21, 2022
  Amy’s Kitchen, Inc. v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co.

  (Costs Incurred by Food Manufacturer to Mitigate, Clean, Remove, and Test For COVID-19 Were Caused by “Direct Physical Loss” Under the Terms of the Policy’s Communicable Disease Extension)

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• December 21, 2022
  Cell-Crete Corp. v. Fed. Ins. Co.

  (Surety Entitled to Award of Fees and Costs as Prevailing Party in Action to Enforce Liability on a Bond, Even Though Surety’s Indemnitor Paid the Fees and Costs)

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• December 21, 2022
  Thompson v. Crestbrook Ins. Co.

  (Prior Judicial Determination That Underlying Complaint Asserting Violations of a Conservation Easement Did Not Allege an “Accident” Barred Plaintiff from Relitigating the Issue in a Subsequent Action Against Different Insurers Notwithstanding Plaintiff’s Presentation of New Factual Details and Intervening California Supreme Court Decision Holding Negligent Supervision Qualifies as “Accident”)

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• December 21, 2022
  Tarrar Enterprises, Inc. v. Associated Indemnity Corporation

  (Leave Granted to File an Amended Complaint Alleging Property Loss Caused by COVID-19 Government Shutdown Orders)

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