Bad Faith Claim Against Auto Insurer To Proceed, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (March 16, 2020, 11:43 AM EDT) -- SCRANTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania federal judge on March 11 determined that an insured’s bad faith claim against an auto insurer will proceed because the auto insurer failed to prove that its conduct in handling the insured’s claim was nothing more than simple negligence (Joan Angeli et al. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., No. 18-703, M.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43159)....