Counsel Agrees to Trim Certain Claims from N.J. Class Action Against Flood Insurers

NEWARK, N.J. — Conceding it may be difficult to proceed with his case as a class action, the attorney who sued several insurers for wrongfully denying flood claims following Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy has agreed to dismiss certain claims that were the subject of a pending motion to dismiss filed recently by defendants.

In a May 21 letter to the judge presiding over the case in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, attorney Jeffrey Bronster indicated the decision was based on conversations with potential class members. In the letter, addressed to Judge Esther Salas, Bronster initially …