Bad Faith Claim Dismissed As Duplicative Of Breach Of Contract Claim

Mealey's (April 1, 2022, 2:25 PM EDT) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A New York federal judge on March 31 dismissed a bad faith claim alleged against a rental property insurer after determining that the insureds’ bad faith claim is duplicative of the breach of contract claim because it is based on the same set of facts as the breach of contract claim....