Judge: Bad Faith Allegations Don’t Fall Exclusively Within Policy Exclusions

Mealey's (February 25, 2016, 1:27 PM EST) -- DENVER — An insurer is not entitled to summary judgment in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit because the factual allegations provided in the underlying complaint “do not fall solely and exclusively within the boundaries of the policy exclusions,” a federal judge in Colorado ruled Feb. 22 (Weldesamuel Gebremedhin, et al. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co., No. 13-2813, D. Colo.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21059)....