United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit against an insurance carrier relating to flood damage on plaintiff's home, denial of plaintiff's motion to amend his complaint to include extra-contractual claims against the insurer is affirmed where plaintiff's claims for fraud and negligent misrepresentation were neither explicitly nor implicitly authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/13/2007
• Published 09/14/2007

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dax Faubus (argued), Faubus & Taft, Houston, TX, for Wright., Gerald Joseph Nielsen (argued), William Truman Treas, Nielsen Law Firm, Metairie, LA, Doug Kevin Clemons, Emmons & Jackson, Houston, TX, for Allstate Ins. Co.