Counterclaims Fail; No Coverage Owed Under Auto Policy, Federal Judge Says

(January 14, 2019, 12:42 PM EST) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota federal judge on Jan. 7 granted an auto insurer’s motion for summary judgment on counterclaims for breach of contract and bad faith after determining that no coverage is owed for an accident that occurred while an insured flatbed trailer was being unloaded because the injured claimant was not an occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident (Great West Casualty Co. v. Ruben Decker, et al., No. 16-3063, D. Minn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2163)....