UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 17-1106

SLAY’S RESTORATION, LLC,

Plaintiff - Appellant, v. WRIGHT NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE COMPANY; COLONIAL CLAIMS CORPORATION; KLSM CONSULTING GROUP, INC., d/b/a JD Consulting & Appraisal Group; CIS GROUP LLC; SAMUEL WOODARD; JEFFREY NICHOLL; JEFFREY P. KAISER; MICHAEL CARMELIA,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Newport News. Raymond A. Jackson, District Judge. (4:15-cv-00140-RAJ-LRL)

Argued: December 7, 2017 Decided: March 9, 2018

Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and Paula XINIS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Xinis joined.

ARGUED: Joseph H. Langerak, IV, JACKSON KELLY PLLC, Evansville, Indiana, for Appellant. Theodore Ira Brenner, FREEBORN & PETERS, LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees Wright National Flood Insurance Company, Colonial Claims