Mealey's (October 23, 2020, 2:32 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on Oct. 22 granted a homeowners insurer’s motion to dismiss with prejudice a lawsuit alleging that it breached its duty to defend an underlying defamation and tortious interference lawsuit that resulted in a $100,000 judgment against its insured, finding that the underlying claims fail to suggest “bodily injury” or “property damage” under the policy (Karen J. Taaffe v. Selective Insurance Company of the Southeast, No. 20-3417, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195870)....