Judge: Insured Failed To Timely File Suit Seeking Supplemental Flood Coverage

Mealey's (July 31, 2019, 10:30 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on July 25 granted a motion for summary judgment filed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a flood coverage dispute, finding that the record establishes that the insured’s lawsuit was not filed within one year of FEMA's denial or partial denial of his supplemental flood claim (Steve Chatelain v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al., No. 18-7242, E.D. La., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123879)....