10th Circuit Panel Partially Reverses District Court’s Ruling In Bad Faith Suit

Mealey's (January 21, 2016, 1:29 PM EST) -- DENVER — A federal district court erred in granting summary judgment in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit because it is unclear whether an insured had an affirmative duty to inform his insurer that he had incorporated a company he used to purchase a commercial general liability policy from the insurer, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 20 in partially reversing the district court’s opinion (Corey Christy v. Travelers Indemnity Company of America, No. 14-2168, 10th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 891)....