Judge: Exclusions Do Not Apply To Bar Man’s Bad Faith, Contract Claims

Mealey's (May 31, 2018, 8:57 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — An insurance company’s request for summary judgment on a man’s claims for breach of contract and bad faith was denied by a federal judge in Pennsylvania May 11 after the judge found that exclusions in the man’s commercial line policy were inapplicable and the claim adjuster did not know Pennsylvania law when denying the claim (Jim Burgunder v. United Specialty Insurance Co., No. 17-1295, W.D. Pa., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79477)....