Judge: ‘Additional Driver’ Qualifies For UM/UIM Coverage In Bad Faith Suit

(May 11, 2020, 9:14 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — Under the plain language of an automobile insurance policy, an insured qualifies for uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage because she has been named as an “additional insured” on the policy in question, a federal judge in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit ruled May 7 (Claire Lewis v. Government Employees Insurance Co., No. 19-2035, S.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80793)....