Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Claims Fail; No Duty Owed To Third Party

Mealey's (November 16, 2018, 9:34 AM EST) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A third party injured in a slip-and-fall accident in a grocery store cannot assert claims for breach of contract, bad faith and negligent claims against the store’s claims administrator because the claims administrator owed no duty to the third party under Washington law, a Washington federal judge said Nov. 14 (Victoria J. Pruett v. Safeway Inc., et al., No. 17-5399, W.D. Wash., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 194197)....