Insurer’s Investigation Of Claim Does Not Amount To Bad Faith, Judge Rules

Mealey's (March 9, 2018, 11:21 AM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — The record shows that an insurer took the necessary steps to conduct a thorough investigation and attempted to settle an uninsured motorist (UIM) claim after receiving all necessary information as part of its investigation and evaluation of the claim, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled March 6 in granting the insurer’s motion to dismiss a statutory bad faith claim (Judith Koerner v. GEICO Casualty Co., No. 17-455, M.D. Pa., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36095)....