Judge Trims Third-Party Claims In Insurance Bad Faith Lawsuit

Mealey's (August 24, 2016, 12:19 PM EDT) -- RENO, Nev. — A federal judge in Nevada on Aug. 22 substantially denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss third-party claims in an insurance bad faith lawsuit but held that dismissal of the third parties’ statutory bad faith claim is proper because such claims may not be brought by third parties under Nevada law (Troy and Paula Burley and Paul Ackerman and Judy Ackerman, as trustees of the Ackerman Family Trust, et al. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., No.15-0272, D. Nev.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111477)....