Insurer Tells 6th Circuit Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Case Should Have Been Dismissed

Mealey's (October 12, 2020, 2:32 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — An insurer argues in its Oct. 9 appellant brief to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that all the elements of claim preclusion have been met and, therefore, the appellate court should reverse a lower court’s denial of its motion to dismiss an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith suit arising out of the insured’s liability for underlying asbestos claims (William Powell Company v. National Indemnity Company, et al., No. 20-3737, 6th Cir.)....