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HB 678 Original 2020 Regular Session Robby Carter
Abstract: Provides for actions against an insured defendant's insurance company.
Present law (R.S. 22:1269) provides for six circumstances for when an injured person or his
survivors may sue the insurer alone or against the insured and insurer jointly:
(1)The insured is bankrupt.
(2)The insured is insolvent.
(3)Service cannot be made on the insured.
(4)Actions for damages between parents and children or married persons.
(5)The insurer is an uninsured motorist carrier.
(6)The insured is deceased.
Proposed law adds an additional circumstance to include actions between employers and their
employees.
(Adds C.C.P. Art. 425.1)