Insurers said they were disappointed with a federal judge's decision to send a suit filed by Mississippi's attorney general back to state court where insurers are less confident of a verdict in their favor.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi L.T. Senter Jr., sitting in Jackson, Miss., ruled that a March decision by U.S. District Court Judge Tom S. Lee was correct to order a suit brought on flood claims be returned to state court.
Insurers wanted the case to be heard in federal court, arguing that because it involves the federal flood program, it should be held at the federal level. The judges ruled that insurance is primarily a state issue and the suit belonged in the state court.
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