Mealey's (September 22, 2021, 2:13 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal magistrate judge on Sept. 17 granted a homeowners insurer’s motion to dismiss an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith suit after determining that the insured failed to file the suit within a year after reporting the loss or damage to the insurer as required by the policy’s one-year suit limitations provision....