Sanctions Sought For Alleged Text Messages Destruction In Insurance Coverage Row

( January 16, 2025, 8:50 AM EST) -- MINNEAPOLIS — Great American Insurance Co. (GAIC) filed a motion in a Minnesota federal court seeking sanctions related to the purported destruction of text messages by its insured, a Minneapolis event center, in the insurer’s suit seeking a declaration that it does not need to pay an appraisal award of $986,436 related to business income loss the insurer says was based upon “concealed and misrepresented material facts and circumstances willfully and with intent to defraud.”...