Magistrate Refuses To Dismiss Claims In Bad Faith Suit Over Insurer’s Software Use

Mealey's (February 24, 2020, 12:41 PM EST) -- DENVER — A magistrate federal judge in Colorado on Feb. 18 denied an automobile insurer’s motion to dismiss its insured’s claims for unreasonable delay or denial of underinsured motorist benefits and common-law bad faith breach of contract in her lawsuit alleging that the insurer inappropriately used software programs “to artificially depress healthcare reimbursements” and to lower her general damages stemming from a motor vehicle accident (Jacqueline Haynes v. Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance, No. 19-02397, D. Colo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28575)....