Bad Faith Claims Trimmed In Homeowners Insurance Dispute

(December 16, 2019, 1:52 PM EST) -- WHEELING, W.Va. — A federal judge in West Virginia on Dec. 3 ruled that a homeowners insurance provider is entitled to summary judgment on several claims in an insurance bad faith lawsuit stemming from a denial of coverage after a fire that burned the subject home to the ground because insureds provided several material misrepresentations in their homeowners insurance application that entitled the insurer to rescind the policy and deny coverage (Robert Orum, et al. v. Liberty Insurance Corp., et al., No. 17-142, N.D. W.Va., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 207832)....