SHUFORD v. FIDELITY NAT. PROPERTY & CAS. INS. CO.

No. 07-10230.

508 F.3d 1337 (2007)

Dorothy SHUFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIDELITY NATIONAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick B. Collins, Patrick Collins, PC, Daphne, AL, Mary Eugenia Murchison, Murchison & Howard, L.L.C., Foley, AL, for Shuford.

William R. DeJean, Gerald J. Nielsen, Nielsen Law Firm, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, James Robertson, Scott, Sullivan, Streetman & Fox, P.C., Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MARCUS and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK, District Judge.


PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

The two main questions in this appeal involve the timeliness of a proof of loss for an insurance policy issued under the National Flood Insurance Program and whether a related tort claim of bad faith refusal to pay is preempted by federal law. Dorothy Shuford appeals the summary judgment against her complaint regarding the denial of her claim for benefits under a Standard Flood Insurance Policy. Shuford's property was damaged by a flood caused...

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