Habeney v. Bellow

SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) from a summary judgment in favor of Stephanie Schoenberger. The issue is whether 1990 and 1992 amendments to LSA-R.S. 22:1386(A) retroactively apply to Schoenber-ger’s claim.

Schoenberger was a guest passenger in an automobile driven by Ron Lilly on September 6, 1989. There was an accident when Lilly’s automobile collided with an automobile driven by Bellow. Lilly was insured by Zurich-American whose policy provided uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) benefits to Schoenberger. Bellow was insured by…