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<![CDATA[BATON ROUGE, La. - The False Claims Act's first-to-file rule bars jurisdiction and mandates dismissal of a qui tam action alleging that a federal flood insurer defrauded the federal government through price manipulation, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Jan. 10 (United States of America, ex rel. Kermith Sonnier v. Allstate Insurance Company, No. 09-1038-JJB, M.D. La.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2763). 
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<title>Louisiana Majority Reinstates Ruling Against Insurer In Katrina, Rita Class Action</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - A factual determination of whether an insurer acted in bad faith is not a requirement to assessing penalties under Louisiana Revised Statutes Annotated Section 22:2658(A)(3), a majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Dec. 16, reinstating a trial court's ruling awarding penalties arising out of the insurer's failure to timely initiate loss adjustment of class action members' claims stemming from hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Geraldine Oubre, et al. v. Louisiana Citizens Fair Plan, No. 2011-C-0097, La. Sup.; 2011 La. LEXIS 3014; See April 2011, Page 4). 
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<title>Mississippi High Court Reverses Ruling In Insurer's Favor In Katrina Coverage Suit</title>
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<![CDATA[JACKSON, Miss. - A lower court erred in granting summary judgment to a homeowners insurer on the issue of whether its insureds suffered uncompensated wind damage to structures other than their dwelling, and to their personal property, the Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled Dec. 15, reversing and remanding a lower court in part (Michael Robichaux v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, et al., No. 2010-CA-00109-SCT, Miss. Sup.; 2011 Miss. LEXIS 600). 
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<title>Majority: Policy Clearly Bars Alleged Wind Damage Arising From Hurricane Katrina</title>
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<![CDATA[JACKSON, Miss. - A majority of the Mississippi Court of Appeals on Dec. 13 affirmed a lower court's ruling that an insurance policy excluded coverage for an insured's alleged wind damage arising from Hurricane Katrina (Dr. Bertin C. Chevis v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, No. 2010-CA-00861-COA, Miss. App.; 2011 Miss. App. LEXIS 781). 
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<title>Federal Judge: Insureds' Suit Seeking Additional Flood Benefits Is Time-Barred</title>
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<![CDATA[ABERDEEN, Miss. - A Mississippi couple's lawsuit seeking additional supplemental federal flood benefits and compensatory and punitive damages is timed-barred, a Mississippi federal judge ruled Jan. 9, granting the insurer's motion to dismiss the lawsuit arising from a flood that occurred three years ago (Walter R. Cole, et al. v. New Hampshire Insurance Co., No. 10-183, N.D. Miss.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2513). 
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<title>Panel Certifies 2 Questions To California High Court In Flood Coverage Dispute</title>
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<![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 5. certified two questions to the California Supreme Court to determine whether a policy's building ordinance or law exclusion precludes increased costs of replacement of a hydroelectric facility dam due to complying with ordinances affecting the construction and, if so, whether costs for complying with regulatory agency-required environmental impact studies are considered costs excluded by a building ordinance or law exclusion (Sierra Pacific Power Company v. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection &amp; Insurance Co., et al., Nos. 09-16662 and 09-16802, 9th Cir.; 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 132). 
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<title>Judge Rejects Insurer's Untimely Claim Argument In Hurricane Rita Lawsuit</title>
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<![CDATA[LAKE CHARLES, La. - A Louisiana federal judge on Jan. 3 rejected an insurer's argument that an insured's third-party complaint seeking full contractual indemnity is untimely, denying the insurer's motion for summary judgment in a dispute arising from Hurricane Rita damage (Insurance Services Construction Corp. v. Geheb Properties LLC, et al., No. 2:10 CV 260, W.D. La.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 669). 
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<title>Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer Stayed Pending Resolution Of Breach Claim</title>
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<![CDATA[ROANOKE, Va. - Because Virginia law requires adjudication of a breach of contract claim prior to determining a finding of bad faith by an insurer, a Virginia federal judge on Jan. 9 stayed a bad faith claim while denying the insurer's motion to dismiss or bifurcate the claim (Massachusetts Bay Insurance Co. v. Bonnie M. Decker, No. 7:11-cv-00342, W.D. Va.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2092). 
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<title>BP Moves To Exclude Privileged Testimony On Its Internal Investigation</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - BP Plc on Jan. 9 moved in the federal court in Louisiana housing claims arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to exclude from evidence privileged portions of an employee's deposition testimony concerning the scope and decision-making process of the company's internal investigation of the accident (In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, MDL No. 2179, Case No. 10-md-2179, E.D. La.; See December 2011, Page 4, and related stories in this issue). 
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<title>Oil Spill MDL Judge Clarifies Order On Settlement Hold-Backs</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - The federal judge in Louisiana overseeing litigation arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico entered an order Jan. 4 clarifying that a 6 percent hold-back on settlements for the establishment of a common benefit reserve account would apply only to prospective settlements (In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, MDL 2179, Case No. 10-md-2179, E.D. La.; See December 2011, Page 4 and related stories in this issue). 
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<title>BP Announces Settlement Of Claims Related To Deepwater Horizon Accident</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - BP LLC on Dec. 16 announced that it has reached a $250 million agreement with the designer and manufacturer of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer to settle all claims between the companies related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (In re: Oil Spill By The Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" In the Gulf Of Mexico, On April 20, 2010, No. 10-2179, E.D. La.; See December 2011, Page 4, and related stories in this issue). 
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<title>Panel: Court Erred In Confirming Appraisal Award In Hurricane Coverage Dispute</title>
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<![CDATA[MIAMI - A lower court erred by entering a final judgment against a homeowners insurer pursuant to an appraisal award, a Florida appeals panel found Dec. 7, reversing and remanding the ruling stemming from a hurricane coverage dispute (State Farm Florida Insurance Company v. Carlos Tomas Gonzalez, et al., No. 3D11-334, Fla. App., 3rd Dist.; 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 19530). 
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<title>Couple's Bad Faith Claim From Hurricane Ike Damages Survives Dismissal Motion</title>
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<![CDATA[HOUSTON - A Texas couple sufficiently alleged that their insurer approved a substandard inspection of their home damages in a bad faith attempt to deny their claims, a federal judge ruled Nov. 22, denying in part the insurer's motion to dismiss (Steven R. Grimes, et al. v. Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Co., et al., No. 4:10-cv-4625, S.D. Texas; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134456). 
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<title>Judge: BP Is Not Additional Insured As To Pollution Risks Related To Oil Spill</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - Because BP Exploration &amp; Production Inc. and its related entities assumed the oil pollution risks pertaining to the Deepwater Horizon incident, Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. was not required to name BP as an additional insured under its policies as to those risks, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Nov. 15, denying BP's motion for judgment on the pleadings (In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, No. 2179, E.D. La.; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131693; See November 2011, Page 6). 
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<title>Federal Magistrate Lifts Stay Of Relators' False Claims Act Suit Against Insurer, Firm</title>
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<![CDATA[GULFPORT, Miss. - A Mississippi federal magistrate judge on Dec. 5 lifted a stay of a relators' False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit alleging that an insurer and an engineering firm defrauded the government by submitting false Hurricane Katrina flood insurance claims (United States of America ex rel. Cori Rigsby and Kerri Rigsby v. State Farm, et al., No. 06-433, S.D. Miss., Southern Div.). 
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<title>Alabama High Court Vacates Class Certification In Hurricane Katrina Coverage Suit</title>
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<![CDATA[MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Alabama Supreme Court on Nov. 18 ruled that a lower court exceeded its discretion in granting an insured's motion for class certification in a breach of contract lawsuit alleging that a homeowners insurer failed to properly calculate the actual cash value (ACV) of his Hurricane Katrina loss, vacating the lower court's order and remanding (National Security Fire &amp; Casualty Company v. Maurice DeWitt, No. 1091225, Ala. Sup.; 2011 Ala. LEXIS 196). 
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<title>Fact Issue Exists As To How Insurer Applied Deductible, Panel Finds, Reverses</title>
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<![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - There is a genuine issue of material fact regarding how J.C. Penney Co. Inc.'s insurer applied a deductible, a Florida appeals panel ruled Nov. 30, reversing and remanding a lower court's ruling against the company in a dispute over water damage coverage stemming from Hurricane Katrina (J.C. Penney Company Inc. v. Dillard's Inc., No. 4D10-1770, Fla. App.; 4th Dist.; 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 19052). 
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<title>Louisiana Panel: No Coverage For Government's Liability As To Levee Breach Claims</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana appeals panel on Nov. 30 affirmed a lower court's finding that an insurance policy issued to Plaquemines Parish government provides coverage only for the parish's youth sports programs and not for allegations that the government's negligence caused the failure of "hurricane protection levees" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (Melvin J. Burmaster v. Plaquemines Parish Government, No. 2011-CA-0752, La. App., 4th Cir.; 2011 La. App. LEXIS 1448). 
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<title>Judge: Building's Elevation Was Above Compliant Levels Before It Was Elevated</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - The record "patently establishes" that an insured building's elevation was above compliant levels before it was elevated, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Nov. 9, dismissing the insured's claim seeking additional increased costs of compliance (ICC) benefits for the elevation of his dwelling after Hurricane Katrina (Earl Bryars III v. Imperial Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, No. 11-72 SECTION "F", E.D. La.; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129214). 
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<title>Louisiana High Court Refuses To Hear Appeal Of No Bad Faith Ruling</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana high court on Nov. 23 denied a writ application seeking review of the dismissal of insureds' bad faith claims against their homeowners insurer in a Hurricane Katrina coverage dispute (Patrick Jouve and Elizabeth Jouve v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, et al., No. 2011-C -2250, La. Sup.; See September 2011, Page 9). 
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<title>Texas Federal Judge Rules Expert Testimony Not Required In Insurance Context</title>
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<![CDATA[HOUSTON - Finding that a defendant insurer failed "to cite a single case" to support its position that expert testimony is required to support a plaintiff's claims for bad faith and Texas Insurance Code (TIC) violations, a Texas federal judge on Nov. 3 denied the insurer's motion for partial summary judgment (Shiva Worldwide d/b/a Guest Motel v. Great Lakes Reinsurance [U.K.] PLC, No. 4:10-cv-03867, S.D. Texas; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127530). 
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<title>CGL Insurers Agree To Dismiss Suit Seeking Reimbursement Of Defense Costs</title>
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<![CDATA[BEAUMONT, Texas - Two commercial general liability insurers on Nov. 30 filed an agreed motion to dismiss with prejudice in a Texas federal court all claims, counterclaims and causes of action in a coverage dispute arising from underlying allegations that poor construction by a general contractor insured and its subcontractors caused property and business interruption damages in the wake of hurricanes Rita and Ike (Arch Insurance Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., No. 1:11-CV-00254, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Div.). 
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<title>8th Circuit Affirms Ruling In Insurers' Favor In Cedar River Flood Coverage Suit</title>
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<![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 29 affirmed a lower court's ruling in favor of insurers on an insured's breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit alleging that the insurers owed additional coverage for business interruption and debris removal arising from the Cedar River flood (Penford Corporation, et al. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, et al., No. 10-3068, 8th Cir.; 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 23734; See 9/13/10, Page 18). 
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<title>New York Port Authority Files For Summary Judgment Against WTC Site Responders</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK - The Port Authority of New York &amp; New Jersey filed a supplementary brief Nov. 3 in support of summary judgment against 14 of the plaintiffs seeking damages against it in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for alleged injuries related to the response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center towers (In re: World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation, No. 21-100 [consolidated], S.D. N.Y.). 
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<title>8th Circuit: Court Erred In Instructing Jury On Meaning Of 'Collapse'</title>
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<![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. - A lower federal court's reversible error in instructing a jury when a collapse had occurred under Nebraska law prejudiced an all-risk property insurer's defense of a critical coverage issue, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 3, reversing and remanding for a new trial (KAAPA Ethanol LLC v. Affiliated FM Insurance Company, No. 10-1929, No. 10-2071, 8th Cir.; 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 22158). 
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<title>Insured Was Not Required To Submit To Appraisal Process, Panel Finds, Reverses</title>
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<![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An insured was not required to submit to an appraisal process, and a trial court erred in granting an insurer's motion to stay the insured's lawsuit seeking property damages stemming from Hurricane Wilma, a Florida appeals panel held Nov. 2, reversing and remanding a lower court (Jane Gassman v. State Farm Florida Insurance Company, No. 4D11-360, Fla. App., 4th Dist.; 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 17370). 
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<title>Oil Spill MDL Judge Affirms Threat Of Discovery Sanctions Against Louisiana</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - The federal judge presiding over litigation stemming from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 4 overruled objections the state of Louisiana had raised over the possibility of monetary sanctions for failure to comply with discovery deadlines (In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, MDL 2179, E.D. La.; See October 2011, Page 17, and related story in this issue). 
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<title>Company Agrees To Pay BP LLC $4 Billion To Settle Oil Spill Claims</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - BP LLC announced Oct. 17 that it has reached a $4 billion settlement agreement with a company that held a 25 percent interest in the Gulf of Mexico oil drilling site of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill (In re: Oil Spill By The Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" In the Gulf Of Mexico, On April 20, 2010, No. 10-2179, E.D. La.; See October 2011, Page 17, and related story in this issue). 
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<title>Judge Remands Suit Alleging Caterer Was Underinsured By $1M For Explosion Claims</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana federal judge on Oct. 26 granted Transocean Offshore Deepwater &amp; Drilling Inc.'s caterer's motion to remand its suit alleging that it did not receive the contractually required insurance coverage to allow it to indemnify Transocean for claims stemming from the Deepwater Horizon explosion (Art Catering Inc. v. Gorney, et al., No. 11-1136 SECTION: J(2), E.D. La.; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123883). 
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<title>GAO Says Oil Spill Liability Fund Will Need Better Financing</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report issued Oct. 24 that figures from the costs associated with the cleanup of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig demonstrate that funding for the Oil Spill Liability Fund will need to increase because its primary source of revenue, a tax on petroleum products, is scheduled to expire in 2017. 
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<title>Louisiana Majority Amends Bad Faith Penalties, Vacates Attorney Fees Award</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - A lower court erred in calculating statutory bad faith penalties based on contractual amounts due under a homeowners insurance policy, a majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Oct. 25, amending the award to $334,666 to reflect the properly calculated penalties due to an insured in a Hurricane Rita coverage dispute (Ginger Hinch Durio v. Horace Mann Insurance Co., et al., No. 2011-C-0084, La. Sup.; See December 2010, Page 4). 
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<title>Judge Partly Grants Insurer's Motion To Dismiss In Hurricane Ike Coverage Dispute</title>
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<![CDATA[HOUSTON - An insured seeking recovery of property damage caused by Hurricane Ike has failed to meet Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b)'s particularity requirement for his fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of Chapter 541 of the Texas Insurance Code claims, a Texas federal judge ruled Oct. 31, granting the insurer's motion to dismiss in part (Lychene Saah v. Electric Insurance Company, et al., No. H-10-cv-01206, S.D. Texas; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125774). 
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<title>Court Erred In Denying Appraisal In Hurricane Ike Coverage Suit, Texas Panel Finds</title>
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<![CDATA[WACO, Texas - A Texas appeals panel on Oct. 12 conditionally granted a relator's petition for writ of mandamus as to an appraisal issue, finding that a lower court erred in refusing to enforce a homeowners insurance policy's valid appraisal clause in a Hurricane Ike coverage dispute (In Re Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, No. 10-11-00263-CV, Texas App., 10th District; 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 8151). 
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<title>$217 Million Distributed From WTC Disaster Site Fund To Workers With Injury Claims</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK - Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein announced Oct. 24 that $217.6 million has been distributed to 7,725 of the 10,116 plaintiffs with claims in the World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (In re: World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation, No. 21-100 [consolidated], S.D. N.Y.; See April 2011, Page 29). 
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<title>Magistrate Recommends Awarding $9.35B For Subrogation Claims Against Qaeda</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK - Insurers are clearly entitled to treble damages for any claims that they reasonably paid to their insureds who incurred business and property damage resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a federal judge found Oct. 14, recommending that the presiding judge award the insurers $9,351,247,965.99 in damages against Al Qaeda (In Re: Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, No. 03 MDL 1570 [GBD] [FM], S.D. N.Y.). 
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<title>Judge: Insureds Are Owed An Additional $13,057 From FEMA For Flood Damage</title>
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<![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is obligated to pay insureds an additional $6,429.50 for garage repairs and $6,627.60 for the cost of drywall above four feet for damage to their house that was directly caused by an August 2008 flood following Tropical Storm Fay, a North Carolina federal judge held Oct. 11 (Ilonka Aylward, et al. v. Federal Emergency Management Agency, No. 3:09-cv-517-RJC-DCK, W.D. N.C., Charlotte Div.; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117187; See March 2011, Page 21). 
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<title>Judge Dismisses Insured's Extracontractual Damages, Third-Party Beneficiary Claims</title>
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<![CDATA[CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge ruled Oct. 17 that an insured's extracontractual claims against a Write-Your-Own insurer and her third-party beneficiary claim against an independent adjuster are barred (Catherine Pepe v. Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Company, et al., No. 11-3746 [JEI/JS], D. N.J.; 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 119482). 
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