Judge Dismisses Punitive Damages Claim Despite Allegedly Egregious Breach

(October 24, 2023, 11:46 AM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York partly granted an insurer’s motion to dismiss two homeowners’ claims, dismissing only a claim for punitive damages on the grounds that the homeowners failed to adequately allege that when the insurer breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing by underpaying covered plumbing damages, it was part of a pattern of harming the public....