Summary Judgment Denied On Insured’s Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Claims

Mealey's (March 30, 2018, 1:44 PM EDT) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut federal judge on March 27 adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny an insurer’s motion for summary judgment on claims for breach of contract and bad faith arising out of insureds’ claim for collapsing foundation walls after determining that the insureds sufficiently alleged a claim for breach of contract and that material issues of fact preclude summary judgment on the bad faith claim (James M. Jang and Anna S. Park v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., No. 15-1243, D. Conn., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51880)....