Surviving Spouse’s Bad Faith Claim Can Move Forward, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 21, 2019, 12:33 PM EDT) -- HAMMOND, Ind. — An Indiana federal judge on March 19 denied a life insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after determining that a surviving spouse who is seeking benefits for her husband’s death caused by huffing vapors from compressed air duster canisters has alleged sufficient facts at this stage of the litigation to allow the bad faith claim to proceed (Jill Mims v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co., No. 18-21, N.D. Ind., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45465)....