Judge Denies Insurer’s Motion For Summary Judgment In Defamation Coverage Suit

Mealey's (September 16, 2021, 12:35 PM EDT) -- BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge in Montana on Sept. 14 denied a renter’s insurer’s motion for summary judgment in its declaratory judgment lawsuit disputing coverage for underlying defamation by libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims based on the insured’s purported dissemination of false statements on Facebook, finding that it is reasonable to conclude that a person in the insured’s position objectively would not have intended or expected the statements to damage the underlying claimant....