Louisiana Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

A panel of this Court granted leave to appeal from an interlocutory order of the district court denying summary judgment to DefendanL-Appellant St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (“St.Paul”) on the claims filed by the Louisiana Patients’ Compensation Fund Oversight Board (the “Board”). The complaint alleged St. Paul violated the insurer’s duty of good faith and reasonable care under the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act, La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 40:1299.440(7) (West 2005). Concluding that the statute provides no such cause of action, we reverse the decision of the…