Federal Judge Tosses Bad Faith Suit Against Employment Practices Liability Insurer

( May 28, 2026, 9:03 AM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge in California granted an employment practices liability insurer’s motion to dismiss a construction company insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for an underlying action seeking redress of false claims and alleging prevailing wage law violations, holding that the underlying claims are not employment claims brought by or on behalf of employees to trigger coverage under the policy....