Insurer Attempting to Deceive Court As It Has Been Deceiving Its Insureds on Mold Coverage, Homeowners Allege in Response

OKLAHOMA CITY - The homeowner plaintiffs in a bad faith mold dispute contended, in their response and objection to the insurer's motion to reconsider the denial of its motion for summary judgment, that the insurer is trying to deceive the court "just like it has been deceiving its insureds on mold coverage." Jim and Elaine Kelly v. Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., No. CIV-02-153-M (W. D. Okla.).

According to the Nov. 24, 2003, response and objection filed by the homeowners in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, the insurer wrongly contends that the efficient proximate cause doctrine …