No Coverage Owed To Insured; Facility Was Not Assisted Living Center, Panel Says

Mealey's (March 11, 2020, 11:55 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 10 affirmed a district court’s decision in favor of a long-term care insurer and a third-party claims administrator on claims of breach of contract, bad faith and misrepresentation, agreeing with the insurer that the facility where the insured was a resident did not meet the policy’s definition of an assisted living center (Leona Van Dusseldorp v. Continental Casualty Co., et al., No. 18-3257, 8th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 7375)....