A North Carolina insurance agency cannot escape a lawsuit brought by a homeowner who was denied coverage after a hurricane because key elements of the property were not mentioned in the coverage application.
In a case that began almost a decade ago and is likely to continue for another few years, the state Supreme Court decided last month that a move to dismiss the lawsuit against J. Kim Hatcher Insurance agency is not allowed under 100-year-old case law. The ruling partly upholds a 2023 North Carolina appeals court ruling that had overturned a trial court’s 2021 order dismissing the homeowner’s lawsuit.
“The question presented in this case is whether a person is contributor…