Reconsideration Of Remand Order In Insurance Bad Faith Suit Granted

Mealey's (December 2, 2019, 1:43 PM EST) -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on Nov. 15 found that although his previous opinion in an insurance bad faith lawsuit stemming from a denial of uninsured motorist coverage cited controlling precedent in finding that remand of the action to state court is necessary, his interpretation of the precedent was “incorrect and contrary” to other interpretations within the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Sarah Stinson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al., No. 18-759, W.D. Ky., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 198524)....