5th Circuit Affirms Judgment In Favor Of Insurer, Government In Hurricane Ike Suit

Mealey's (July 6, 2017, 1:40 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 5 affirmed a lower federal court's ruling in favor of an insurer and the United States of America in a lawsuit arising from the insurer's cancellation of a federal flood insurance policy following Hurricane Ike (Robert Spong, et al. v. Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Company, et al., No. 16- 41165, 5th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 12008)....