Summary Judgment Ruling On Bad Faith Claim In Insurance Dispute Deferred

Mealey's (January 3, 2020, 9:19 AM EST) -- SIOUX FALLS, S.D — Although opining that insureds’ evidence of bad faith against their automobile insurance provider is “thin,” a federal judge in North Dakota on Dec. 12 ruled that he would defer determining whether summary judgment should be granted on the claim until he received further information from counsel as to whether such action is warranted as a matter of law (Robin Wiebers, et al. v. Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa, No. 17-4126, D. S.D., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 214374)....