Insureds Are Not Owed Attorney Fees, Expenses Under Equal Access To Justice Act

Mealey's (February 7, 2019, 3:48 PM EST) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana chief federal judge on Jan. 29 granted a federal flood insurer’s motion to dismiss insureds’ claims for attorney fees and expenses in a coverage dispute over property damage caused by Louisiana’s “Great Flood” in August 2016, rejecting the insureds’ argument that they are entitled to attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (Mickey J. Bercegeay, et al. v. Wright National Flood Insurance Co., No. 18-524, M.D. La., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13646)....