Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:90

  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Licensee: means the holder of a license. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:73
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:73
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

A.  Any document generated by a licensee in the course of an engagement which is sent outside this state by the commissioner of insurance and which is disclosed to an entity of another state, the federal government, or another country pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 22:1983(I)(2), or any other statute or grant of authority, shall be held confidential by that entity and shall not be divulged to any third party.

B.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any lawsuit arising out of or predicated on documents or the content of documents generated by a licensee in the course of an engagement and sent outside this state by the commissioner of insurance pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 22:1983(I)(2), or any other statute or grant of authority, shall be governed by the prescriptive and preemptive provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 9:5604.

C.  The term “document” is used in this Section as it is encompassed in Code of Civil Procedure Article 1461.

Acts 1992, No. 294, §2, eff. June 17, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 473, §1, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.