A federal judge ruled Tuesday that an insurance company's policies do not cover damage from flood waters or storm surge in a decision that could set a precedent for hundreds of other challenges to the insurance industry for denying billions of dollars in claims related to property damage from Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., who is hearing virtually all the Katrina insurance cases in Mississippi, found that Nationwide Mutual Insurance's policies do not cover wind-driven water damage.
August 16, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that an insurance company’s policies do not cover damage from flood waters or storm surge in a decision that could affect hundreds of upcoming cases related to property damage from Hurricane Katrina.
Northern District of Mississippi Judge L.T. Senter Jr. ruled that a Mississippi Gulf Coast couple cannot collect damages from storm surge caused by Katrina because Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.’s policies do not cover wind-driven water damage.
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