Judge Trims Claims In Bad Faith Suit Over Cancer Treatment Insurance Policy

Mealey's (December 7, 2018, 12:41 PM EST) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge in Oklahoma granted in part an insurer’s summary judgment motion in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit on Nov. 14, ruling that although certain of an insured’s bad faith claims are time-barred or subject to a “legitimate dispute” over the scope of the insurance policy in question, genuine issues of material fact exist that prohibit summary judgment on the breach of contract claim (Rebecca L. Ake v. Central United Life Insurance Co., No. 17-937, W.D. Okla., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 194042)....