(January 27, 2017, 8:42 AM EST) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Although claims adjusters in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit cannot be held liable for claims made against them since they weren’t parties to the insurance contract, an insured may still assert claims describing those defendants’ acts or omissions because they are relevant to the insured’s claims against his insurer, a federal judge in New Mexico ruled Jan. 20 in granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss in part and denying it in part (Timothy J. Sims v. First American Property & Casualty Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-0870, D. N.M.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9767)....