'Unauthorized Insurers' Versus 'Approved Unauthorized Insurers' Forms Crux of Whether Insurers Must Post Bonds in Mold Case

NEW ORLEANS - Attempts to force insurers named as defendants in a moldy office building case to post bonds in accordance with Louisiana statute have moved into the state legislature as lawmakers wrangle over the distinction between "unauthorized insurers" and "approved unauthorized insurers" and the significance of that distinction to the enforcement of the statute. Sherry Watters, et al. v. Department of Social Services, et al., No. 01-17775 (La. Civ. Dist. Ct., Orleans Parish Ct., Div. C) c/w Kristen M. Rhodes, et al. v. BG Real Estate Services, Inc., No. 01-18355 (La. Civ. Dist. Ct., Orleans Parish Ct., Div. J) …