Breach Of Contract Claim Remains In Insured’s Water Damage Coverage Suit

( September 15, 2026, 8:57 AM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A New York federal magistrate judge granted a homeowners insurer’s motion to dismiss an insured’s claim seeking declaratory judgment in a water damage coverage dispute after determining that the claim is duplicative of the insured’s breach of contract claim....