Judgment Granted To Nationwide In Truck Theft Row Over Insured’s Misrepresentation

(November 7, 2023, 2:02 PM EST) -- SCRANTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania federal judge granted summary judgment to Nationwide in a breach of contract and bad faith suit over Nationwide’s failure to cover an auto insurance claim when its insured’s truck was purportedly stolen and burned, finding that because the insured failed to show that “Nationwide lacked a reasonable basis in denying his claim” due to the insured’s purported material misrepresentations, summary judgment is appropriate....