United States Eleventh Circuit

Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over claims brought pursuant to National Flood Insurance Program ("NFIP") policies under 42 USC 4072, and filing in state court does not toll the statute of limitations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/13/2000
• Published 11/13/2000

Judges

• ANDERSON, Chief Judge:, Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• R. Leslie Waycaster, Jr.,Waycaster, Morris, Johnson & Dean, Dalton, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald J. Nielsen, Nielsen Law Firm, Metairie, LA, J. Anderson Davis, Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, Rome, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.