Court Opinion

ID: 9495648
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:07:49.836773+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:57:08.301799
License: Public Domain

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge,
specially concurring:
I concur in the majority’s holding: (1) Allstate did not preserve in district court the applicability of article 595 (therefore, our recent Grant decision is not applicable); and (2) pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Louque failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
I have some misgivings, however, concerning whether the diversity jurisdictional amount is satisfied. Therefore, I concur dubitante in holding § 22:658 applicable. (In my view, the applicability vel non of § 22:658 in its present form (amended in 1989) has not been decided by Louisiana courts; an Ene-analysis is required. In any event, in the light of Grant’s holding concerning article 595, it may well be that this § 22:658 issue will seldom, if ever, surface again.)