Question Of Fact Exists Regarding Agent’s Statement In Auto Dispute, Judge Says

(November 1, 2017, 9:57 AM EDT) -- SCRANTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Oct. 25 denied an insurer’s motion for summary judgment on an insured’s bad faith claim in an auto coverage dispute after determining that a question of fact exists as to whether the insurer’s claims agent purposefully misstated the amount of a medical lien assessed against the insured in hopes of effectuating a settlement below the policy limits or simply made an honest mistake in communicating the amount of the medical lien to the insured (David Farrell v. United Financial Casualty Co., No. 16-2180, M.D. Pa., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177042)....