Judge: Insured Breached Insurance Policy By Refusing To Submit To Examination

Mealey's (March 2, 2016, 4:19 PM EST) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge in Mississippi on Feb. 26 granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit, ruling that an insured’s refusal to submit to a second examination under oath (EUO) breached the terms of the insurance agreement, allowing the insurer to decline the insured’s claim for coverage (Eddie Gray Holt v. Victoria Fire and Casualty Co., No. 15-077, S.D. Miss.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23744)....