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New Orleans CityBusiness named Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams as one of the “Best Places to Work” in New Orleans. The firm made the 2008 list after the local weekly reviewed company benefits and interviewed firm employees. Employee loyalty was a strength. Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the paper noted, the firm retained employees and opened a new office in Houston.
Because Louisiana residents were under a mandatory evacuation order, they may be able to recover their evacuation expenses under their homeowner’s policy.

Louisiana High Court Upholds Flood Exclusion

Publisher: GHW
Published On: 4/7/2008

John Houghtaling was widely quoted in the media regarding the Louisiana Supreme Court's ruling that a common homeowners flood exclusion does in fact exclude damage caused by a levee break. "The ruling has multi-billion dollar implications," Houghtaling told local and national media. The law firm of Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams represents homeowners and argued on behalf of the state Attorney General's office when the case was before the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal.

La. Court Sides With Insurers in Katrina Suit, USA Today, April 7, 2008

State Supreme Court Sides with Insurance Companies, New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 8, 2008

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