State Law Claims Against Flood Insurer Are Preempted By Federal Law, Judge Rules

Mealey's (April 7, 2017, 11:38 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge on March 16 granted a federal flood insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a lawsuit brought by its insureds, finding that the insureds’ negligent misrepresentation and other state law claims are all preempted by federal law (Peggy Enriques Miranda, et al. v. Selective Insurance Company of the Southeast, et al., No. 16-12555, E.D. La., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37796)....