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LA upholds flood damage exclusion in insurance policies - Barbara Landry v. Louisiana Citizens Property Ins. Co., 983 So.2d 66 (La. 2008) - Court rules that insurers may limit payments in a wind and water case to the damage that is caused by the wind.

LA uses common sense definition of flood in finding that policies do not cover Hurricane Katrina flood damage - Sher v. Lafayette Ins. Co., 988 So.2d 186 (La. 2008)

5th Circuit construes flood exclusion in homeowner's policies after Katrina - In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation, 495 F.3d 191 (5th Cir.2007) - cert denied. Lower court.

 

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