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November 06, 2026
DALLAS — A Texas federal judge granted a businessowners insurer’s motion for summary judgment on breach of contract and extracontractual claims after determining that the insured failed to show that the insurer breached its contract or acted unreasonably in adjusting the insured’s claim for water damage at the insured’s dental office.
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November 06, 2026
SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington federal judge granted summary judgment to an auto insurer in an insured’s breach of contract, bad faith and statutory law violations suit accusing the insurer of failure to cover a claim for a vehicle the insured said was stolen but the insurer said was abandoned, finding that the evidence establishes that the insured misrepresented where he left his car and where the alleged theft occurred.
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November 06, 2026
PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith claims, agreeing with the lower court that the employment practices insurer was not required to provide independent counsel under the terms of the policy.
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November 06, 2026
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court denied a condominium unit owner’s writ application seeking review of a Louisiana appeals court’s ruling that affirmed a lower court’s judgment sustaining a commercial lines insurer’s peremptory exceptions and dismissing breach of contract and bad faith claims in a Hurricane Ida coverage dispute.
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November 06, 2026
HOUSTON — A Texas federal judge denied a motion to remand to state court and dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit filed by the owner and operator of a fitness facility in Houston alleging breach of contract, bad faith and state insurance law claims over disputed damage from a weather event, holding that the company failed to establish a binding cap on recovery below the federal jurisdictional threshold and lacked capacity to sue because its charter had been forfeited before the litigation began.
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November 05, 2026
PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of an auto insurer on an insured’s bad faith claim and remanded the insured’s breach of contract claim after determining that the claim is better addressed by a state court.
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November 04, 2026
MIAMI — A mediator notified a Florida federal court that a commercial insurer and its insured were unable to resolve the insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that the policy’s contractual liability exclusion barred coverage for an underlying action brought by a company to which the insured rented event space under a management agreement.
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November 02, 2026
SALT LAKE CITY — A bad faith claim alleged against a life insurer following the denial of a beneficiary’s claim for accidental death benefits can proceed because the life insurer did not raise its primary argument regarding the bad faith in its motion to dismiss, a Utah federal judge said in partially denying the life insurer’s motion.
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November 02, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California dismissed an insured’s bad faith complaint against an auto insurer after determining that the insured, who was found to be at fault for an auto accident, failed to show that the insurer acted unreasonably in handling the insured’s claim.
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November 02, 2026
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — An Indiana federal judge denied an insured’s motion for default judgment against a commercial property insurer in a water and mold damage dispute after determining that default judgment is not appropriate because the insured failed to file a motion for clerk’s entry of default against the insurer pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a).
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October 30, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge granted an auto insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on claims alleging breach of contract and bad faith and seeking declaratory judgment after determining that the insureds failed to allege that their auto insurance policy required the insurer to inform them of the result of an investigation into whether a tortfeasor was covered by an auto policy at the time of an accident involving the insureds.
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October 29, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma federal judge denied an auto insurer’s motion for summary judgment after determining that the insureds’ bad faith claim can proceed because a legitimate dispute exists over the value of an underinsured motorist (UIM) claim and whether the insurer’s investigation was adequate.
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October 28, 2026
INDIANAPOLIS — A trial court erred in granting an insurer’s motion for summary judgment on breach of contract and bad faith claims because questions of fact exist that would allow a reasonable jury to find in favor of the insureds on the claims, the Indiana Court of Appeals said in reversing and remanding the trial court’s ruling.
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October 26, 2026
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.
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October 23, 2026
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 22 affirmed a lower federal court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of an insurer in a coverage dispute alleging that the insurer wrongfully denied or underpaid the insureds’ 2021 and 2022 claims for water damage arising from frozen pipes, agreeing with the lower court that the insureds failed to timely file their lawsuit pursuant to their policy’s statute of limitations.
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October 23, 2026
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Following a jury trial and issuance of a mixed judgment in the challenge to termination of long-term disability (LTD) benefits for a counseling psychologist whose diagnoses include postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and fibromyalgia, a California federal magistrate judge denied the insurer’s motion to seal material he described as related to “internal governance and employees” that was “presented on the record at the trial.”
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October 23, 2026
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California federal magistrate judge granted summary judgment in favor of an insurer on breach of contract and bad faith claims after determining that the insurer was justified in denying a house fire claim because no reasonable jury could find that homeowners did not knowingly misrepresent their losses.
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October 21, 2026
DALLAS — A federal judge in Texas granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the “your work” exclusion barred coverage for damage to and repair of a sign installed by a contractor and that the subcontractor’s claimed travel and loan costs did not constitute covered “property damage.”
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October 21, 2026
BALTIMORE — Issuing a mixed decision following a three-day bench trial, a Maryland federal judge ruled that an insurer breached the group long-term disability (LTD) policy at issue and owes the claimant $1,045,045.35 in actual damages plus 6% prejudgment interest but that a bad faith claim fails under Maryland law because the policy is not an individual one.
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October 20, 2026
PHOENIX — After the Arizona Supreme Court answered a certified question in a case regarding structural damage insurance coverage and set the fortuity standard, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel vacated a trial court’s summary judgment ruling for the insurer and remanded the case for further proceedings under the Arizona Supreme Court’s newly articulated standard.
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October 20, 2026
SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge on Oct. 19 granted a motion to compel appraisal filed by insureds in a water damage coverage dispute, rejecting a homeowners insurer’s argument that appraisal is not appropriate because the parties have not agreed on what needs to be repaired or replaced in the home.
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October 20, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal magistrate judge dismissed with prejudice an insured’s claims against an insurer for breach of contract, bad faith and declaratory relief following the parties’ settlement of a dispute over insurance coverage for underlying suits related to exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) allegedly contained in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) that was manufactured and sold by the insured.
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October 19, 2026
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A commercial property insurer’s counterclaim for declaratory judgment in a hurricane damage coverage dispute can proceed because the counterclaim is not a mirror image of the insured’s bad faith claim and one of the insurer’s affirmative defenses, a South Carolina federal judge said in denying the insured’s motion to dismiss.
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October 19, 2026
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina federal magistrate judge has recommended that the co-owner of a mobile home be dismissed from a bad faith insurance lawsuit because the co-owner was not named on the policy and the complaint failed to plausibly establish the co-owner’s status as an insured or intended third-party beneficiary.
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October 16, 2026
DALLAS — In a ruling on a motion for summary judgment, a Texas federal judge “largely” dismissed extracontractual claims brought by a homeowner against her insurer in a dispute over payment for alleged damages from a hailstorm but kept alive claims for breach of contract, failure to affirm or deny coverage within a reasonable time, delayed payment of insurance benefits and associated statutory damages and deceptive trade practices based on state insurance code violations.