Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Breach Of Contract Suit Arising From Flood Damage

Mealey's (September 17, 2018, 1:17 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana federal judge on Sept. 14 denied a federal flood insurer’s motion to dismiss an insured’s breach of contract lawsuit arising from an August 2016 Louisiana flood, rejecting the insurer’s contention that the insured has to cite a breach of a specific provision of his Standard Flood Insurance Policy (SFIP) to recover on his claim (Gabriel Ortiz v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, No. 17-01547, M.D. La., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157461)....