NU Online News Service, Oct. 9, 3:00 p.m. EDT

The debate over wind-versus-water homeowner claims is not quite as cut and dried thanks to a ruling yesterday by the Mississippi Supreme Court in a Hurricane Katrina case.

The decision by the court in Corban vs. USAA means that wind damage from hurricanes might still be covered even if excluded flood damage caused by a wind-blown storm surge is also present.

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