No Coverage Owed For Damages Caused By Sewage Backup, Iowa Panel Says

(January 17, 2017, 8:35 AM EST) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — A trial court did not err in granting an insurer’s motion for summary judgment because the insured, seeking coverage for damages caused by a sewage backup in his home, cannot prove that he acted to his detriment when he relied on his insurance agent’s representation that coverage would be afforded for the damages, the Iowa Court of Appeals said Jan. 11 (Carl Budny v. MemberSelect Insurance Co., No. 16-1189, Iowa App.; 2017 Iowa App. LEXIS 46)....