Judge Declines To Issue Ruling In Bad Faith Case Pending Further Action

(January 5, 2016, 2:59 PM EST) -- DALLAS — A federal judge in Texas on Dec. 29 declined to rule on a motion to amend judgment and a motion for judgment as a matter of law filed in an insurance bad faith lawsuit, ruling that an opinion would not be appropriate until the Supreme Court of Texas had a chance to answer a question certified to it by the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Lavon Grand Heritage HOA Inc. v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co., No. 13-2662, N.D. Texas; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172410)....