Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry vetoed a bill last week that would have limited bad faith lawsuits against insurers, a move that raised criticism from the insurance industry.
SB 111, sponsored by Sen. Alan Seabaugh, R-Many, intended to bring clarity to when claimants could bring bad faith personal or bodily injury lawsuits against insurers. The bill proposed that bad faith lawsuits be barred when insurers provide a good faith dispute as to liability and as to medical causations for the injuries alleged by the claimant.
The bill would have prohibited bad faith lawsuits when an insurer