Summary Judgment Ruling In Flood Insurance Suit Affirmed By 3rd Circuit

Mealey's (February 5, 2018, 2:44 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of an insurer in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit because an insurer’s lawsuit against his flood insurance provider was time-barred since he filed the suit outside the one-year statute of limitations for standard flood insurance policies (SFIP), a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 31 in affirming (Anthony Migliaro v. Fidelity National Indemnity Insurance Co., No. 17-1434, 3rd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 2097)....