Judge Bifurcates Claims In Insurance Bad Faith Suit Over Water Damage

(November 19, 2015, 1:09 PM EST) -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on Nov. 6 granted an insurer’s motion to bifurcate insureds’ bad faith claim from their breach of contract claim, but denied the insurer’s partial summary judgment motion, ruling that the insureds did not have any opportunity to conduct discovery on the claim (Mark Holloway, et al. v. Ohio Security Insurance Co., No. 14-0856, W.D. Ky.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150746)....