Judge Denies Insurer JMOL Or New Trial, Insured Interest After Water Damage Verdict

(August 3, 2023, 2:06 PM EDT) -- MOBILE, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on Aug. 2 denied an insurer’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or a new trial following a nearly $170,000 verdict against it in an insurance dispute over the handling of a property damage claim after Hurricane Sally, adopting as its own the insured church’s argument that it proved through expert testimony that its claimed losses were covered under the policy and that the jury was properly instructed as to causation....