(The Center Square) − Enough is Enough Louisiana, a nonprofit focused on insurance reform, has been openly antagonistic to several Louisiana Republican legislators, leading its president, Lee Mallett, to resign.
“I have had little involvement with the organization…This resignation comes in direct response to the recent materials distributed by the organization targeting certain Louisiana senators,” Mallett wrote in his letter. “The use of my name and affiliation without consent has now cause significant confusion among members of the Legislature and has impacted my relationships within the state.”
The legislators being targeted by Enough is Enough have been tort reform hawks, including Reps. Gabe Firment, R-Grant and Michael Melerine, R-Caddo along with Sens. Alan Seabaugh, R-Caddo and John Illg, R-Jefferson.
Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has also been a target of the group’s ire.
The website accuses the group of “selling out” to “big insurance” and includes graphics that mock them.
Enough is Enough takes a position on insurance reform shared by many Democrats and some Republicans, which focuses more on the profitability of insurers.
“Big insurance is getting richer while Louisiana families suffer!,” the group’s website writes. “In 2023, the insurance industry made $6.6 BILLION – on Louisiana Citizens! At the same time, they raised your rates and denied your claims.”
Since Mallett quit, the organization’s other two chief officers, Mary Patricia-Wray and Todd Hollenshead, have also resigned.
The nonprofit was founded in 2023 by Wray, a prominent political strategist with deep ties in state politics. As of 2023, she was lobbying on behalf of at least two injury law firms: Smith & Fawer and Bruno & Bruno. She has also lobbied on behalf of insurers.
Among those interacting with the site’s Facebook page include Thomas Wright, an attorney and member of the Louisiana Association of Justice, which lobbies on behalf of trial lawyers.
Also showing support is Katie Clifford, business development director for the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association. Another name that surfaced is Digger Earles, who follows the group’s page. Earles is a partner at Laborde Earles — a personal injury firm that advertises over $1 billion in client recoveries.
