Insured Failed To Timely Submit Hailstorm Claim, No Coverage, 5th Circuit Affirms

(July 23, 2019, 12:03 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 22 affirmed a lower federal court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer in a breach of contract lawsuit over hail damage, finding that the insured failed to submit its claim for losses “caused by or resulting from windstorm or hail” within one year as required under a commercial insurance policy’s “very specific endorsement” (Blanco West Properties, L.L.C. v. Arch Specialty Insurance Company, No. 18- 20745, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 21756)....

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