Mealey's (May 8, 2020, 10:04 AM EDT) -- SAN ANTONIO — A federal judge in Texas on May 5 ruled that abatement of extracontractual claims in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit stemming from an insurer’s alleged failure to pay its insured uninsured/underinsured motorist benefits after a hit-and-run accident is warranted but that no need exists to sever the claims “at this time” (Rebecca Ochoa v. Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Co., No. 20-319, W.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78698)....