Louisiana Court of Appeal August 30, 2007, No. CW 07-01079 (Eastman v. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance)

WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY. We find that the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion to strike the plaintiffs request for jury trial. Louisiana Revised Statute 22:1430.17 identifies the defendant corporation as a “political instrumentality” rather than a “political subdivision” of the state.