Legal Opinion
Harry Spence and Nancy Spence Fortner v. Omaha Indemnity Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1993No. 92-7257PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Omaha Indemnity Insurance Company appeals an adverse judgment on verdict in this action by Harry Spence and Nancy Fortner' which raises both ex contractu and ex delicto claims. We affirm.
Background
Spence and Fortner, then husband and wife, purchased a Standard Flood Insurance Policy (SFIP) from Omaha, through sales agent Whitney-Vaky, Inc. Omaha provides flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) under an agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which authorizes it to operate as a “Write-Your-Own” (WYO) insurance company. 1 On…
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