La. Federal Judge:  Issue Of Fact Exists In Defective Sprinkler Installation Case

( July 24, 2023, 10:45 AM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — Summary judgment is not appropriate on a negligence claim brought against a subcontractor who is alleged to have defectively installed a sprinkler during the construction of a fitness club because the general contractor presented expert testimony and reports that created a genuine issue of material fact, a Louisiana federal judge found in partly granting the subcontractor’s motion for summary judgment....