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Lawsuits
	Washington Post - Claim Delays
	Fine Print Exclusions (NPR Story)
	Whistleblower helping build case against insurer in Hurricane Katrina lawsuit
	A. Rulings and Decisions by Judges
		Judge: Policy Exclusions Not OK
		Judges Play Katrina Suits Down Middle, Peter Geier, National Law Journal (pdf)
		Judge Gives Katrina Flood Victims Hope, Associated Press, Nov. 29, 2006
	B. Public
		How Will Homeowners Insurance Litigation Play Out (pdf)
		MS. A.G. Says State Farm Pressuring Experts to Alter Causation Reports
		Judge Lets Miss. AG See State Farm Papers, Associated Press, April 11, 2006
		Daniel Hays, Attacks on Flood Exclusion Could Batter Katrina Insurers, National Underwriter Property& Casualty (pdf)
		Hurricane Victims Begin Filing Suits, Claims Magazine (October 2005) (pdf)
	C. Private
		Court sides with homeowners, pnj.com, Oct. 28, 2006
		Barasich v. Columbia Petition (pdf)
		Lawsuit Against Nationwide (Scruggs) (pdf)
		MS. Lawsuit (Scruggs) (pdf)
		Levee breaks as a factor
		Arguing for Coverage - AIR
		Katrina Victims Say Agents Advised Against Flood Coverage (pdf)
	D. Florida
		Court sides with homeowners, pnj.com, Oct. 28, 2006
		Condo Associations in FL victimized by lowballing and strong arm tactics, July 12, 2007
	E. Louisiana
		Class Action Suit Filed in New Orleans Against 15 Homeowners Insurers
		LA Attorney General Summary Judgment Motion for Finding 739 and 802 Constitutional (pdf)
		Suffern v. CountrywideHome Loans, Inc. (pdf)
		La. Insurers not Voluntarily Extending Policy Deadlines, Insurance Journal, July 11, 2006
		Plaintiffs Crowd Civil Courthouse, www.nola.com, Aug. 29, 2006
		Judge Gives Katrina Flood Victims Hope, Associated Press, Nov. 29, 2006
		Duval decision in consolidated Katrina insurance/canal breach litigation
		Settlement Is Possible in Storm Suits, www.nytimes.com, Feb. 20, 2007
		Allstate Ordered to Pay $2.06 Million in Katrina Case, www.bloomberg.com, April 17, 2007
		Allstate unit pricing challenged, www.nola.com, May 20, 2007
		Evidence suggests Allstate inflated claim to Nat’l Flood Ins. program, www.nola.com, May 20, 2007
		Gov’t May Join Qui Tam Suit Alleging Insurers defrauded Taxpayers/NFIP, Chicago Tribune, July 7, 2007
		2 Katrina insurance cases go before La. court, www.usatoday.com, Feb. 26, 2008
		La. justices hear arguments on Katrina's waters, www.nola.com, Feb. 27, 2008
		Louisiana's high court upholds flood exclusion, www.businessinsurance.com, April 14, 2008
		Insurer ordered to pay grocer: $21 million awarded for Katrina damage, www.nola.com. June 4, 2008
	F. Mississippi
		MS. Judge Rules Against and For State Farm on Katrina Coverage
		Miss. Lawsuit Alleges Engineer Altered Katrina Damage Report
		Judge Sues Nationwide for Denying His Claim After Katrina, Insurance Journal, April 21, 2006
		May '05 MS. suit re: Biased State Farm Engineering Reports
		Some State Farm exclusions found unenforcable as ambiguous, CNN, May 25, 2006
		Federal judge finds insurer not compelled to cover Katrina-related water damage?
		Attorneys Arrive in Miss. for Opening of First Katrina Insurance Lawsuit, Insurance Journal, July 11, 2006
		Buente v. Allstate case— The decisions on the two motions Motion 1 (pdf) Motion 2 (pdf)
		Senter will not disqualify clerk
		Judge Senter opinion denying class cert for “slab” cases in MS (pdf)
		Class-Action Status Is Denied to Katrina Suits in Mississippi, www.nytimes.com, March 23, 2007
		Former state regulator comments on Leonard v. Nationwide (Katrina case), www.irmi.com, October, 2006
		$1M Katrina Insurance Verdict Appealed, www.chron.com, Dec. 4, 2007
		Group settles 22 Katrina cases with State Farm, www.sunherald.com, Jan. 4, 2008
		Katrina group leader settles suit, www.sunherald.com, Feb. 23, 2008
		State Farm settles Katrina case in Mississippi, www.sunherald.com, April 25, 2008
	G. Texas
		Insurance Limbo Delays Rebuilding of Gulf Coast
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