Ohio Panel Affirms Trial Court’s Judgment In Insurer’s Favor On Bad Faith Claim

(November 14, 2017, 1:41 PM EST) -- TOLEDO, Ohio — A trial court did not err in granting an insurer’s motion for summary judgment in a bad faith dispute over underinsured motorist coverage because the insured’s voluntary dismissal of a prior bad faith claim was with prejudice and, therefore, prohibited the insured from refiling the claim, the Sixth District Ohio Court of Appeals said Nov. 9 (The Estate of Faye Brummitt, et al., v. Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, et al., No. E-17-014, Ohio App., 6th Dist., 2017 Ohio App. LEXIS 4898)....

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