Insurer Had Reasonable Basis To Contest Coverage For Asbestos Claims, Panel Says

( June 26, 2026, 9:59 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A district court properly dismissed a bad faith suit filed against the insurer of the state of Montana by underlying claimants in asbestos bodily injury suits because the insurer had a reasonable basis to contest coverage for the underlying asbestos claims filed against its insured, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in an unpublished opinion....