N.Y. Federal Judge Tosses Cafe Owner's Bad Faith Claim On Duplicity Grounds

( September 29, 2025, 9:11 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge granted an insurer’s partial motion to dismiss a cafe owner’s breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing claim against it, finding that it is duplicative of the cafe owner’s breach of contract claim because both are based on the same alleged refusal by the insurer to pay business interruption losses following a gas services shutdown....