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Jury Finds Insurer Defrauded United States Out Of $250,000 For Katrina Flood...
GULFPORT, Miss. - A Mississippi federal jury in the first phase of a trial determined on April 8 that relators have successfully proven that damages to the U.S. government under the False Claims Act...
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Mississippi Appeals Court Affirms $1.17M Award For Insured In Wind Coverage Suit
JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi appeals court on March 26 affirmed a jury's $1.17 million award in favor of a hardware store insured in a Hurricane Katrina wind coverage dispute, further affirming a...
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Panel Reverses Ruling Sustaining Condo Association's Exception Of Prescription
GRETNA, La. - A condominium association failed to carry its burden of proving that underlying claims stemming from hurricane damages were prescribed, a Louisiana appeals panel ruled March 13, reversing...
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Panel Affirms Insurer Was Presumed Prejudiced By Late Notice After Rehearing
MIAMI - After granting an insurer's motion for rehearing in a Hurricane Wilma coverage dispute, a Florida appeals panel on April 3 concluded that a lower court properly found that the insurer was...
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Florida Panel Reverses Ruling In Insurer's Favor In Hurricane Wilma Dispute
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida appeals panel on March 20 found that an appraisal proceeding had not appraised an insured's ordinance and law coverage stemming from Hurricane Wilma, reversing and...
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Amicus Counsel Survives Motion To Dismiss In Appeal Of WTC Disaster Payment...
NEW YORK - A motion to disqualify pro bono counsel appointed to represent the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York judge presiding over the World Trade Center Disaster Site...
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July 15 Trial Anticipated In WTC Disaster Litigation; Act-Of-War Defense Upheld
NEW YORK - Claims for recovery of dust removal costs filed by the owner of a property one block from the site of the World Trade Center collapse in Manhattan were dismissed March 20 in the U.S....
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Magistrate: Insured's Adversities Cannot Excuse Failure To File Proof Of Loss
GALVESTON, Texas - An insured's failure to submit a proof or loss for additional insurance benefits under her federal flood insurance policy is fatal to her claim, a Texas federal magistrate judge...
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Judge Rules In Favor Of Insurers In Coverage Dispute Over Hurricane Ike Damage
HOUSTON - A Texas federal judge on March 25 found in favor of a primary insurer and an excess insurer in an insured's breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit arising from property damage caused by...
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Magistrate Allows Insured To Add Breach Of Contract Claim For Repudiation...
NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey federal magistrate judge on March 27 granted an insured's motion to amend his complaint to assert an additional breach of contract claim for repudiation against the Federal...
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Federal Judge Refuses To Overturn Appraisal Award In Hail Damage Coverage...
DALLAS - There are no genuine disputes of material fact regarding an insured's breach of contract claim against an insurer in a coverage dispute over hail damage, a Texas federal judge ruled March 31,...
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Federal Magistrate Denies Insurer's Motion To Set Aside Appraisal Award
SHERMAN, Texas - A Texas federal magistrate judge on March 25 denied an insurer's motion to set aside an appraisal award for wind damage to its insureds' roof, but found that the insurer has raised a...
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Adjuster's Report Was Not Written Confirmation Of Tornado Loss, Judge Affirms
WAYCROSS, Ga. - A Georgia federal judge on March 20 entered judgment in favor of an insurer after affirming the U.S. Department of Agriculture's finding that the insured failed to provide timely notice...
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Florida Panel Affirms Agency's Interpretation Of Statute As To Sinkhole Coverage
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida appeals panel on March 13 affirmed the state's Office of Insurance Regulations' disapproval of property insurers' proposed amendment to their endorsement for limiting...
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Jury Finds Insurer Defrauded United States Out Of $250,000 For Katrina Flood...
GULFPORT, Miss. - A Mississippi federal jury in the first phase of a trial determined on April 8 that relators have successfully proven that damages to the U.S. government under the False Claims Act...
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Mississippi Appeals Court Affirms $1.17M Award For Insured In Wind Coverage Suit
JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi appeals court on March 26 affirmed a jury's $1.17 million award in favor of a hardware store insured in a Hurricane Katrina wind coverage dispute, further affirming a...
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Panel Reverses Ruling Sustaining Condo Association's Exception Of Prescription
GRETNA, La. - A condominium association failed to carry its burden of proving that underlying claims stemming from hurricane damages were prescribed, a Louisiana appeals panel ruled March 13, reversing...
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Panel Affirms Insurer Was Presumed Prejudiced By Late Notice After Rehearing
MIAMI - After granting an insurer's motion for rehearing in a Hurricane Wilma coverage dispute, a Florida appeals panel on April 3 concluded that a lower court properly found that the insurer was...
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Florida Panel Reverses Ruling In Insurer's Favor In Hurricane Wilma Dispute
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida appeals panel on March 20 found that an appraisal proceeding had not appraised an insured's ordinance and law coverage stemming from Hurricane Wilma, reversing and...
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Amicus Counsel Survives Motion To Dismiss In Appeal Of WTC Disaster Payment...
NEW YORK - A motion to disqualify pro bono counsel appointed to represent the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York judge presiding over the World Trade Center Disaster Site...
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