Judge: Jury Instruction In Bad Faith Suit Fails To Show Required Presumption

Mealey's (June 14, 2016, 8:33 AM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on June 10 issued a memorandum order in an insurance bad faith lawsuit, ruling that his rejection of an insured’s proposed jury instruction was proper because the authorities asserted by the insured “do not establish the existence of a ‘presumption’ under Florida law . . . regarding the possible outcome of settlement efforts” (Douglas Stalley, as Guardian of the Property of Benjamin Edward Hintz, v. Allstate Insurance Co., No. 14-1074, M.D. Fla.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75981)....