Insurer Hit With Bad Faith Breach Of Contract Suit Over Failure To Settle

Mealey's (November 18, 2019, 10:47 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An errors and omissions liability insurer’s failure to settle a consumer class action lawsuit against its insured for violating provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Action (TCPA) amounts to a bad faith breach of contract, an assignee argues in a Nov. 5 complaint filed in California federal court (Ignacio Perez v. Indian Harbor Insurance Co., et al., No. 19-7288, N.D. Calif.)....