Summary Judgment On Bad Faith Claim Denied In Homeowners Insurance Dispute

Mealey's (April 3, 2018, 2:05 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — Genuine questions of material fact exist as to whether an insurer’s engineer conducted a reasonable investigation into a homeowners insurance claim to determine whether damage to an insured’s home was caused by an earthquake or an event that was excluded under provisions of the policy, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled March 30 in denying the insurer’s motion for partial summary judgment (Ruth Whiteman v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., No. 16-0975, W.D. Okla., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54412)....