Uh oh, here come the insurance battles I’ve been waiting for and hoping wouldn’t materialize. The first salvo, according to hotel-online:

Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment on Friday became the first gaming operator to reopen a hurricane damaged casino in New Orleans, but a dispute with its primary insurance carrier could affect redevelopment plans for the company’s destroyed casino in Biloxi, Miss.

Pinnacle, which had three of the company’s eight casinos closed because of Gulf Coast hurricanes over the past month, said its primary insurance carrier believes damage at the Casino Magic in Biloxi caused by Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29 was the result of flooding rather than a weather catastrophe. The company, Westport Indemnity Corp., plans to limit payments as a result.

I’m not sure what to make of this one: Two men are suing Marriott for not providing them with “hand-controlled golf carts that rotate and tilt the seat to allow mobility-impaired golfers to swing at the ball while seated.” Does this really fall under the Americans with Disability Act? I honestly have no idea. Guess we’ll find out once the lawyers duke it out.