Panel Affirms Denial Of Post-Verdict Motion In Insurance Bad Faith Suit

Mealey's (May 18, 2016, 2:12 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A federal district court did not err in denying an insurer’s post-verdict motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial in an insurance bad faith lawsuit because an insured provided sufficient evidence to show that the insurer acted in bad faith in its handling of an insurance claim, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled May 13 (Bamford Inc. v. Regent Insurance Co., et al., No. 15-1968, 8th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 8787)....