A couple suing Allstate Indemnity dropped their lawsuit Thursday amid allegations they misrepresented their claims, bringing an abrupt end to the first federal lawsuit tried against an insurance company by a Louisiana homeowner since Hurricane Katrina. Lawrence and Elizabeth Tomlinson, who claimed Allstate underpaid them and acted in bad faith in handling their claims, agreed to drop the suit before jurors could hear closing arguments in the case.
February 16, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The first federal trial in New Orleans in the wave of insurance litigation spawned by Hurricane Katrina ended abruptly Thursday when a couple suing Allstate Indemnity Co. dropped their lawsuit amid allegations they misrepresented their claims.
Lawrence and Elizabeth Tomlinson, who claimed Allstate underpaid them and acted in bad faith in handling their claims, agreed to drop the suit before jurors could hear closing arguments in the case.
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