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Fifth Circuit· 9/11/2007

Wright v. Allstate Insurance

Citations

  • 500 F.3d 390
  • 250 F. App'x 1
  • 250 Fed. Appx. 1
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 21921
  • 2007 WL 2636725

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  • holding that an SFIP policy-holder could not bring extra-contractual claims for fraud and negligent misrepresentation under federal common law
  • stating that federal common law governing federal flood policies is informed by “standard insurance principles”
  • stating that federal common law governing federal flood policies is informed by “standard insurance principles”
  • refusing to infer a private right of action in the NFIA for extracontractual claims against a private insurer
  • affirming district court’s order denying insured’s request to grant insured leave to amend his complaint to include extra-contractual claims against WYO insurer
  • NFIA does not authorize extra-contractual claims under the federal common law

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Judges: Higginbotham, Wiener, Garza

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