A state court judge in Louisiana has handed the insuranceindustry another setback in its efforts to invoke flood exclusionpolicy language to avoid paying hurricane damage claims.

Judge Edward D. Rubin with the 15th Judicial District Court inLafayette, La. made his ruling Monday in a case which pitted aVermillion Parish couple, Mark and Barbara Landry, against thestate's insurer of last resort, Citizens Property InsuranceCorp.

Citizens plans an appeal and an insurance industry spokespersonsaid he was confident the ruling would be overturned.

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