Judge Denies Dismissal In Defamation Suit Involving Claims Of Insurance Fraud

( May 28, 2026, 10:33 AM EDT) -- ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania federal judge denied a motion to dismiss filed by an insurance company and its employee in a defamation suit alleging that they defamed an electrical contractor and its owner when the employee told an appraiser that the contractor and its owner participated in insurance fraud, finding that nothing in the complaint establishes the applicability of statutory immunity asserted by the insurance company and its employee....