Denial Of Coverage For Failed Water Pipe Was Not Bad Faith, Panel Says

( October 28, 2024, 3:22 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of a homeowners insurer on a bad faith claim because no reasonable juror could find that the insurer’s denial of coverage based on its policy’s exclusion for continuous or repeated seepage or leakage of water was unreasonable, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Oct. 25 in an unpublished opinion....