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Comer v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
Geography
Year
2005
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2005
Status
Order issued granting defendants' motion to dismiss.
Geography
Docket number
1:05-cv-00436
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (S.D. Miss.)
Case category
Adaptation (US) → Actions seeking money damages for losses (US)Common Law Claims (US)
Principal law
United States → State Law—NegligenceUnited States → State Law—NuisanceUnited States → State Law—Tort LawUnited States → State Law—Trespass
At issue
Action seeking damages related to Hurricane Katrina under tort law theories.
Topics
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Documents
Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics
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08/30/2007
Order issued granting defendants' motion to dismiss.
Defendants’ motion to dismiss was granted by the district court.
Decision
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09/30/2005
Amended complaint filed.
Plaintiffs alleged that defendants, including a number of companies that produced fossil fuels, caused the emission of greenhouse gases that contributed to climate change and thereby added to the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina, ultimately causing damages to plaintiffs’ property.
Complaint
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Summary
Action seeking damages related to Hurricane Katrina under tort law theories.
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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Risk
Just transition
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance