5th Circuit Partially Vacates, Remands Ruling In Hurricane Harvey Coverage Suit

Mealey's (October 22, 2020, 1:49 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 16 vacated a federal court’s federal preemption ruling as to an insurance broker and agent’s alleged “failure to maintain and procure sufficient excess flood insurance to provide $20 million of coverage” in a Hurricane Harvey coverage dispute and remanded for further proceedings (Younas Chaudhary, et al. v. Arthur J. Gallagher & Company, et al., No. 19-20039, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 32678)....