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SMITH v. CITADEL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 2019-CC-00052.

285 So.3d 1062 (2019)

Beverly SMITH v. CITADEL INSURANCE COMPANY as Successor to Gramercy Insurance Company and GoAuto Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 22, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Wallis Degan III , Travis Louis Bourgeois , Brian W. Harrell , for Applicant-Defendant.

Jimmy Simien , Eulis Simien, Jr. , Mark Wayne Simien , Roy Louis Bergeron, Jr. , for Respondent-Plaintiff.

We granted this writ application to determine whether a first-party bad faith claim against an insurer is a delictual action subject to a one-year prescriptive period, or whether it is a contractual claim subject to a ten-year prescriptive period. Finding the bad faith claim arises as a result...

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