Homeowners Insurer Moves To Dismiss Water Damage Coverage Suit

(June 25, 2019, 12:49 PM EDT) -- CAMDEN, N.J. — A homeowners insurer argues in a June 21 motion to dismiss in a New Jersey federal court that an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith suit stemming from the insured’s water damage claim must be dismissed because no coverage is owed under the policy and the insured failed to prove that the insurer’s denial of coverage was unreasonable (Johann Smith et al., v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., No. 19-10319, D. N.J.)....