SODOWSKI v. NATIONAL FLOOD INS. PROGRAM

No. 86-2227.

834 F.2d 653 (1987)

Joseph SODOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM OF the FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Thiemann, Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

L. Lee Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., Peoria, Ill., Gerald D. Fines, U.S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Sodowski, plaintiff-appellant, appeals from the district court's order denying recovery for the structural damages his dwelling sustained during a flood in December of 1982. Sodowski based his claim for recovery on the Standard Flood Insurance Policy (SFI Policy) issued pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The district court denied coverage finding that...

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