Elements Of Insured’s Bad Faith Claim Survive Summary Judgment Bid

Mealey's (April 20, 2020, 2:22 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in California on April 15 ruled that an automobile insurer is not entitled to summary judgment on an insured’s bad faith claim stemming from the insurer’s denial of a settlement offer in an underlying lawsuit because general issues of disputed fact exist as to whether the insurer’s denial of a claimant’s policy limits settlement offer without performing a biomedical review or independent medical evaluation (IME) was in good faith (Matthew Mettler v. Government Employees Insurance Co., No. 18-2303, S.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66154)....