Joseph Mike Deshotels v. Shrm Catering Services, Inc., Defendant-Third-Party v. The Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association, Third-Party

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

An employer whose insurer became insolvent settled its employee’s claim for work-related maritime injuries and sought reimbursement from the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association. The case raises an important and unsettled issue of Louisiana law concerning the Association’s obligation to pay a claim brought for maritime-related injuries under a general workers’ compensation policy with an endorsement for an employer engaging in maritime operations, and the same issue is raised in many other appeals pending before us and in a number of other cases pending in…