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HB 88 Original 2024 Regular Session Melerine
Abstract: Provides proper venue for foreign or alien insurers and removes the requirement that
actions against foreign or alien insurers be brought in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Present law provides that direct actions against an insured or insurer may be brought in the parish
in which the accident or injury occurred or in the parish in which the action could be brought against
either the insured or the insurer under the general rules of venue prescribed by present law (C.C.P.
Art. 42) only.
Present law (C.C.P. Art. 42(7)) requires that actions against foreign or alien insurers be brought in
the parish of East Baton Rouge.
Proposed law repeals present law (C.C.P. Art. 42(7)).
Proposed law requires that proper venue for foreign or alien insurers be determined by the general
venue rules (C.C.P. Art. 42) and its exceptions.
(Amends R.S. 22:1269(B)(1)(intro. para.); Repeals C.C.P. Art. 42(7))