Federal Judge Enters Take- Nothing Judgment In Hurricane Harvey Coverage Dispute

Mealey's (March 11, 2020, 11:33 AM EDT) -- BEAUMONT, Texas — Adopting a magistrate’s report and recommendation that a federal flood insurer has met its burden in establishing that insureds did not comply with the Standard Flood Insurance Policy’s proof-of-loss condition precedent to filing a breach of contract lawsuit over Hurricane Harvey damage, a federal judge in Texas on Feb. 28 entered a judgment that insureds take nothing against the insurer (Eric Blue, et al. v. Wright National Flood Insurance Company, No. 18-499, E.D. Texas)....