Mealey's (January 6, 2017, 2:15 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 23 found that an insured failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether he submitted the required proof of loss under his standard flood insurance policy (SFIP), affirming a lower court’s ruling in favor of the insurer in a coverage dispute arising from the January 2009 flooding of Oregon’s Clackamas River (Gunnar H. Mertz, et al. v. American Family Ins., No. 14-35257, 9th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 23226)....