Federal Judge Refuses To Compel Arbitration, Finds Bad Faith Claim Premature

Mealey's (May 13, 2019, 4:06 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Florida federal judge on May 10 denied an insurer’s motion to compel arbitration and dismiss a third-party bad faith complaint against it in a lawsuit arising from an underlying injury that occurred during a cruise ship excursion, finding that the bad faith claim is premature and that the plaintiffs cannot be compelled to arbitration because there is no agreement that was signed by both the plaintiffs and the insurer (Lynn McCullough v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., et al., No. 16-20194, S.D. Fla, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79338)....