Magistrate Refuses To Toss Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Claims Against Insurer

Mealey's (November 28, 2018, 11:43 AM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge on Nov. 27 denied a homeowners insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in an insured’s lawsuit arising from underlying sexual abuse claims, finding that a reasonable jury could find that the insurer’s conduct constituted a bad faith breach of its contractual duties to the insured (Erica Higginbotham v. Liberty Insurance Corp., No. 18-747, W.D. Pa., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 199836)....