Allstate Insurance Co. v. Fred's, Inc.

11After a lamp caused a fire in an insured’s home in 2003, the insurer timely filed suit against the retail seller of the lamp under the Louisiana Products Liability Act, La. R.S. 9:2800.51, et seq. (the “Act”), seeking to recover the amounts tendered to the insured. The seller had placed a label on the lamp identifying the seller as a distributor of the product. No other party was identified by the labeling information. Later, in 2007, plaintiff named the manufacturer of the lamp and its insurer as additional defendants, after discovering the identity of the manufacturer which was revealed…