HLS 14RS-1451 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 566
BY REPRESENTATIVE SEABAUGH
EVIDENCE: Provides relative to evidence of liability insurance
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Evidence Article 411, relative to evidence of liability2
insurance; to prohibit the admissibility of evidence of the existence of a policy of3
insurance in certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Code of Evidence Article 411 is hereby amended and reenacted to read6
as follows: 7
Art. 411. Liability insurance 8
Although a policy of insurance may be admissible, the amount of coverage9
under the policy shall not be communicated to the jury unless the amount of10
coverage is a disputed issue which the jury will decide. Evidence of the existence11
of a policy of insurance shall not be admissible to a jury, directly or indirectly, in any12
civil proceeding with respect to a claim for damages relative to the same injury for13
which the policy of insurance is alleged to provide coverage, unless the existence of14
a policy of insurance or the amount of coverage is a disputed issue which the jury15
will decide.16 HLS 14RS-1451 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 566
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Seabaugh HB No. 566
Abstract: Prohibits the admissibility of evidence of the existence of an insurance policy in
certain civil proceedings unless the existence of the policy or the amount of coverage
is a disputed issue.
Present law prohibits the amount of coverage of a policy of insurance to be communicated
to the jury unless the amount of coverage is a disputed issue.
Proposed law retains present law and prohibits evidence of the existence of a policy of
insurance from being admissible unless the existence of the policy is a disputed issue.
(Amends C.E. Art. 411)