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Scruggs that is? Must not be enough money in it for him to sue Allstate.
I don\’t get it. If the house was at 17 feet above sea level and the storm surge in the area was at 14 feet where is the flood damage and why were they paid $350,000 for flood?
You\’re making the mistake of believing the lawyers.
That end of Slidell had 15-16 feet of water plus waves. Some houses that were still there had wave damage 15 feet above the ground (about 18 feet above sea level).
I was referring to the part of the article that said: Richard Trahant, lawyer for Weiss, argued the house was 17 feet above sea level and that engineering data suggested only 14 feet of surge hit the area. \”It never reached the bottom of the house\” he said.
If it never reached the house why was a flood payment even made? This whole case sound fishy. Are you hungry pelican?
since the plaintiff is now on record that flood damage did not cause damage, are they going to be forced to repay the $350k or whatever they took for flood damage? Isn\’t that insurance fraud?
Just something called Louisiana justice; if you\’re a business, insurer, or just plain have money, kiss it goodbye when you\’re dealing with the crooks in LA. I\’m no fan of Allstate, but it is interesting how the jury was able to use their special glasses to \’see thru\’ Allstate but failed to recognize the plaintiffs had already maxed out their cashout of flood coverage and are now claiming flood waters didn\’t even reach the property.
Thank God I am not an agent in LA.
Remember when a covered peril was a tragedy and not a winning lottery ticket?
Thank god I do not live in that corrupt start nor do any of my clients work in that state. I had a client working there for two years and it was a fracking nightmare
It\’s called the \”Trent Lott Manuever\”. It\’s flood to collect under the flood policy, but \”wind driven water\” to collect under the homeowners.
Another argument for making flood an endorsement to the homeowner\’s policy, and increasing the limits available. The flood peril would be reinsured back to the NFIP.
One adjuster handling the entire claim and paying on behalf of one company.
That would resolve the entire mess, but apparently NFIP doesn\’t want to do it because they fear the insurers will try to push all the claims back to them. What do they think is happening now? What do they think State Farm\’s despicable wording was specifically designed to do?
…\”Remember when a covered peril was a tragedy and not a winning lottery ticket?\”
NAILED IT.
Wait a minute…I am confused. Unemployedjoe has been all over these boards saying State Farm and Nationwide were the ONLY companies that denied these claims. Must be a misprint because unemployedjoe is all knowing.