Panel Affirms Insurer Did Not Breach Contract, Act In Bad Faith In Hiring Counsel

Mealey's (May 1, 2020, 1:48 PM EDT) -- DENVER — The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 30 affirmed a district court ruling in favor of an auto insurer because the district court properly rejected the assignee’s counterclaims that the insurer breached its contract and acted in bad faith by failing to hire competent counsel to represent insureds in an underlying negligence case arising out of a vehicular homicide accident (Progressive Northwestern Insurance Co. v. Gabriel Gant, No. 18-3226, 10th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 13893)....