Judge Finds Dismissal Of Couple’s Claim Does Not Establish Unfair Practices

Mealey's (March 21, 2017, 12:54 PM EDT) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A federal judge in Connecticut on March 17 dismissed a couple’s claim that their insurer engaged in unfair and deceptive practices in violation of the Connecticut Unfair Insurance Practices Act (CUIPA) and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA) when denying their claim for concrete decay in their basement, finding that the plaintiffs did not show that the company practiced a pattern of denying similar claims (Kenneth T. Courteau, et al. v. Teachers Insurance Company, No. 16-cv-580, D. Conn., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38434)....