Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Claims In Insurance Dispute Deemed Not Ripe

Mealey's (May 1, 2018, 1:57 PM EDT) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An insured and other plaintiffs’ claims for breach of contract and bad faith are not ripe because the plaintiffs have failed to provide the court with any established damages figures, a federal judge in Alabama ruled April 27 in granting in part and denying in part motions to dismiss and a motion to strike in an insurance bad faith lawsuit (Rodney Watts, et al. v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, et al., No. 17-1454, N.D. Ala., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71030)....