Mealey's (August 16, 2021, 1:42 PM EDT) -- CAMDEN, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey on Aug. 9 partially granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment in a homeowners insurance dispute over its handling of its insureds’ claim for fire losses, ruling that the insureds’ state consumer fraud claim does not apply to initial coverage disputes and that the insurer’s 14-month investigation was in good faith due to the need to investigate the insureds’ alleged material misrepresentations in their application for insurance....