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Panel advances bill narrowing some bad‑faith claims against insurers; debate centers on insured protection
Summary
Senate Bill 111, which would limit certain bad‑faith claims against insurers when a good‑faith dispute over liability or medical causation exists, was reported with amendments after a contested committee hearing where insurers and trial attorneys sparred over effects on policyholders and rates.
Senate Bill 111, authored by Senator Seba, was reported with amendments by the Senate Insurance Committee after extended debate over whether the bill would protect insureds from excess judgments or unfairly limit claimants' rights.
Seba told the committee the bill is intended to "give insurers a fighting chance in court" and to confine a judicially created cause of action to clearer statutory terms. He framed the bill as targeting the Louisiana Supreme Court’s Kelly decision, which the sponsor said read a cause of action into a statute; Seba said he was not trying to eliminate bad‑faith remedies but to limit them where an insurer…
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