Bad Faith Claim Alleged Against Homeowners Insurer Proceeds In Water Damage Suit

(June 19, 2020, 9:40 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania federal judge on June 3 denied a homeowners insurer’s motion to dismiss an insured’s bad faith claim after determining that the insured sufficiently alleged facts to support her allegation that the insurer had no reasonable basis to deny her claim for water damages (Rebecca Nelson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., No. 19-1382, W.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97239)....