Judge Denies Summary Judgment Motions In Insurance Bad Faith Suit

(November 2, 2017, 9:34 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Ruling that summary judgment in an automobile insurance dispute is inappropriate in an insurance bad faith lawsuit because the record fails to show when an insurer received the necessary proof of loss during discovery to trigger an unconditional tender under the policy’s underinsured motorist provision, a federal judge in Louisiana on Oct. 24 denied summary judgment motions filed by both parties (Ralph Sacks v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co., No. 16-16578, E.D. La., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175798)....