Ky. Insurer Disputes Coverage for Inherited Real Estate

PADUCAH, Ky. - A federal judge has denied summary judgment to a home insurer that denied coverage for a fire at a home inherited by the insureds, saying there are unresolved questions as to alleged misrepresentations about ownership and prior mold damage. Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Co. v. Sutton, et al., No. 5:07-cv-175-R (W.D. Ky.).

Judge Thomas B. Russell of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky also denied a motion for summary judgment by the insureds in his June 9 order, saying that the insureds haven't shown, at this stage, that Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Co. would have …