Third-Party Claimant Not Entitled To Bad Faith Damages Under Policy

Mealey's (July 11, 2019, 2:18 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — In an unpublished per curiam opinion, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 9 ruled that a federal district court did not err in dismissing a third-party claimant’s insurance bad faith lawsuit against an insurer because the claimant was not an insured under a professional liability policy (Team Contractors LLC v. Waypoint Nola LLC v. Catlin Insurance Co. Inc., No. 18-30419, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20317)....