( March 17, 2026, 11:43 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — An environmental remediation company’s negligent misrepresentation claim against an environmental impairment liability insurer’s third-party claims administrator and a claims adjuster employed by the administrator cannot proceed because the claims administrator and adjuster owed no duty of care under North Carolina law to the remediation company, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in affirming a district court’s dismissal of the suit....