No Issues Of Fact Exist As To Whether Investigation Was Reasonable, Panel Says

Mealey's (September 20, 2018, 11:11 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 18 affirmed a district court’s dismissal of an insured’s extracontractual claims after determining that the insured failed to raise a genuine issue of material dispute regarding the reasonableness of the insurer’s investigation of the insured’s vandalism claim (Mary Ann Bernadette Kerrigan v. QBE Insurance Corp., No. 18-35019, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 26460)....