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TIDELANDS LTD. I v. LA. INS. GUAR. ASS'N

No. 94 CA 0128.

645 So.2d 1240 (1994)

TIDELANDS LIMITED I, Tidelands Limited II, and Tidelands Offshore Drilling, Inc. as Successor to Temple Drilling Company v. The LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied February 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.C. Panagiotis, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Thomas E. Balhoff, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and CARTER, and PITCHER, JJ.

LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff seeks to recover from Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) amounts it paid in settlements and judgments after its insurer became insolvent. The main issue arising in this case is whether the 1989 amendments to the LIGA statute, which define "ocean marine insurance," should be applied retroactively to a claim which arose prior to the amendments.

FACTS

Ideal Mutual Insurance Company (Ideal) issued to plaintiff...

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