Jury Awards $2.8 Million Against Allstate in Katrina Coverage Case
"Attorneys say a federal jury that awarded more than $2.8 million to a man who lost his home to Hurricane Katrina sends a strong message to insurers who refused to pay thousands of other homeowners for damage from the storm.
"Insurers should worry about taking any case to a jury," said David Rossmiller, a Portland, Ore.-based attorney who writes a Web journal on Katrina insurance cases and other industry issues.
The U.S. District Court jury decided Monday that Allstate Insurance Co. did not pay Robert Weiss, of Slidell, enough money to cover the wind damage to his home. Allstate had claimed that most of the damage was due to storm surge, an event not covered in its policy."
Read the full article in the Boston Globe.
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