Allstate said today a Louisiana couple voluntarily dropped their bad faith lawsuit in federal court stemming from Hurricane Katrina claims.
New Orleans area residents Lawrence and Elizabeth Tomlinson dropped their case in U.S. District Court in the city shortly before it was to go to trial, the Northbrook, Ill.-based carrier said.
The case represented the first such federal action by a Louisiana policyholder in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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