Abatement Of Bad Faith Claims More Appropriate, Federal Judge Rules

(January 11, 2018, 5:36 PM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Dec. 22 denied motions to dismiss filed by insurers in an insurance bad faith lawsuit, ruling that abatement of the bad faith claims against the insurers is a more appropriate decision than dismissal (Mark Yencarelli v. USAA Casualty Insurance Co., et al., No. 17-2029, M.D. Fla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210873)....