Mealey's (December 3, 2018, 12:02 PM EST) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An insured’s bad faith claim arising out of a coverage dispute regarding the administration of an employee retirement fund cannot stand because the insured does not allege a violation of a duty independent of the insurance contract as required under New York law, a New York federal judge said Nov. 30 (Young Men’s Christian Association of Plattsburgh v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co., No. 18-565, N.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 202818)....