Insurers File Motion To Dismiss Claims In Lawsuit On Behalf Of Homeowners With Failing Foundations

Insurance companies named in a class-action lawsuit on behalf of homeowners with failing foundations are looking to get the most pressing claims against them dismissed. Last week, nearly 30 insurance companies, including Allstate and State Farm, filed a motion requesting that the bad-faith claims in the lawsuit and the class action be dismissed. "The complaint fails to state a claim against [the insurance companies] upon which relief can be granted," the motion reads. Filed in January 2016 by Attorney Ryan Barry, the suit claims that 111 active Connecticut insurance companies are part of a "concerted scheme to deny [homeowners] coverage for their failing basement walls, which experts say must be replaced … because they were built with defective concrete."