Louisiana Appellate Panel Overturns Judgment In Bad Faith Claims Handling Suit

(October 7, 2019, 1:24 PM EDT) -- SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana appeals court panel on Sept. 25 ruled that a state trial court erred in concluding that the underinsured motorist (UM) provisions of a claimant’s automobile insurance policy provided underinsured motorist coverage to the occupants of the insured vehicle and that an insurer acted in bad faith in its handling of claims made after an automobile accident (Courtney Handy v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., No. 52,905-CA, La. App., 2nd Cir., 2019 La. App. LEXIS 1627)....

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