Bad Faith Claim Survives Dismissal In Homeowners Insurance Dispute

Mealey's (November 2, 2017, 9:40 AM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — Insureds have pleaded minimally sufficient facts to support their insurance bad faith claim against their homeowners insurance provider for its alleged failure to properly investigation their claim and provide coverage under the policy, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Oct. 24 in denying the insurer’s motion to dismiss the bad faith claim (Daniel E. Lang, et al. v. Farmers Insurance Co. Inc., No. 17-0919, W.D. Okla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175858)....