( October 26, 2026, 10:55 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a property insurer on an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith claims, agreeing with the lower court that the claims cannot proceed because the insured failed to cooperate with the insurer’s requests during the investigation of the insured’s fire damage claim....