Panel:  Summary Judgment Proper On Bad Faith Claim In Homeowners Insurance Suit

Mealey's (April 9, 2020, 2:37 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A federal district court did not err in granting an insurer’s motion for summary judgment on an insured’s bad faith claim stemming from the insurer’s handling of a homeowners insurance claim because no genuine issues of material fact existed showing that the insured was entitled to payment more than the cost of repairs to her fire-damaged home the insurer was willing to make and the actual cash value, which the insurer paid within the required 60-day period under the policy’s terms, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 8 (Mia Hollingsworth v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., No. 19-11284, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 11011)....