Judge Rejects Pollution Liability Insurer’s Objections; Suits Stays In Louisiana

( November 25, 2024, 2:11 PM EST) -- LAFAYETTE, La. — A Louisiana federal judge adopted a federal magistrate judge’s report and recommendation to deny an insurer’s motion to transfer an environmental contamination coverage suit filed by insureds to Oklahoma federal court where a similar suit filed by the insurer is pending after rejecting the insurer’s objections to the report and recommendation....