Partial Judgment Granted To Allstate In Coverage Row Over Fire Damage Claim

( February 12, 2025, 2:44 PM EST) -- BEAUMONT, Texas — A Texas federal judge partially granted summary judgment to Allstate in a coverage dispute where Allstate says its insured is barred from recovery for fraud in submitting a claim for loss related to the fire he allegedly set at his home, finding that the insured cannot raise a fact dispute on his bad faith and unfair settlement practices counterclaims due to a lack of clarity regarding liability and that he lacks evidence to support his counterclaim for unreasonable delay of payment....