A United States appeals court said a district court was right to toss Ali Sedaghatpour’s lawsuit claiming that his insurer, Lemonade Insurance, should cover him for a crypto scam loss.
A homeowner’s attempt to sue his insurer for failing to cover his $170,000 loss to a crypto scam was rejected by a United States appeals court, with a three-judge panel ruling there had been no error in dismissing his case.
The Fourth Circuit Appeals Court ruled on Oct. 24 that a Virginia District Court judge was correct in ruling that Ali Sedaghatpour had no breach of contract claim against Lemonade Insurance because his homeowner’s policy only covered “direct physical loss” of property.
Sedaghatpour sued Lemonade Insurance in 2022, claiming the insurer should have covered him under the policy for $170,000 in crypto stolen from him in a scam.
