Insured’s Storm Damage Suit Barred By Policy’s Limitations Provision, Judge Says

( May 15, 2026, 8:23 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — An insured’s breach of contract and bad faith suit stemming from a dispute over coverage for storm damage to the insured’s property cannot proceed because the insured failed to file suit within two years of the date of the damage as required by the policy’s two-year suit limitations provision, a New York federal judge said in granting the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing the insured’s suit with prejudice....