Third-Party Claims Administrator Did Not Unfairly Handle Nursing Home Claim

(March 25, 2019, 11:56 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — A district court did not err in finding that a third-party claims administrator’s handling of a wrongful death suit against an insured nursing home did not constitute bad faith and did not violate Massachusetts’ unfair settlement practices law, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said March 18 (Garrick Calandro v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., No. 18-1637, 1st Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 7913)....