It was so held, for example, in Johno v. Doe, 187 So. 3d 581, 585 (La. Ct. App., 4th Cir., 2016), in which the Louisiana Court of Appeals held that an assignment of "contractual" rights did not include an assignment of insurance bad faith rights. The Court observed in that case that "[i]t is settled that a bad-faith failure-to-settle claim arises not from the contract of insurance itself but rather from an insurer's violation of its statutory duties under La. R.S. 22:1973." (Emphasis by the court.)
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