Kentucky Panel Affirms Dismissal Of Third-Party Bad Faith Claim In Malpractice Suit

(July 24, 2017, 3:21 PM EDT) -- FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky appeals panel on July 21 affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a professional liability insurer in a lawsuit alleging that the insurer breached its duty to deal in good faith with a third party who sued its doctor insured for medical malpractice (Deborah Lemaster v. Medical Protective Insurance Services, Inc., No. 2016-CA-000826, Ky. App., 2017 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 534)....