Judge Finds No Bad Faith By Insurer In Declaratory Judgment Suit

Mealey's (December 20, 2018, 11:35 AM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ga. — An insurer did not act in bad faith in filing a declaratory judgment action against its insurer and a third party seeking a determination of whether the insurer owed its insured any obligation under the terms of a personal catastrophe liability endorsement in the insured’s homeowners/motor vehicle insurance policy, a federal judge in Georgia ruled Dec. 11 in granting the insurer’s voluntary motion to dismiss the action (Unitrin Auto & Home Insurance Co. v. Kendall Cochran, et al., No. 17-240, M.D. Ga., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 208222)....