Insurer’s Evidence ‘Overwhelms’ Insured’s Wind Argument, New York Justice Rules

Mealey's (November 18, 2016, 2:28 PM EST) -- MINEOLA, N.Y. — A New York justice on Nov. 4 dismissed an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit against its insurer in a Superstorm Sandy coverage dispute, finding that the evidence demonstrates that the damage to the insured’s two Inwood, N.Y., buildings pre-existed the storm or was the result of flooding from it, which is excluded from coverage (Five Towns Mason Materials, Inc. v. Hermitage Ins. Co., No. 603021/2013, N.Y. Sup., Nassau Co.)....