Only U.S. has Jurisdiction Over NFIP-Related Disputes
January 15, 2001
Courts/Flood Insurance Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over lawsuits brought under the National Flood Insurance Program, and filing in state court did not toll the statute of limitations, according to a federal appeals court. Deciding Tommy Hairston, Earth Satellite Electronic Distributors v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit said a presumption of state-court jurisdiction over federal flood-insurance cases can be rebutted by simply demonstrating any