Panel Affirms Ruling In Insurers' Favor On Reimbursement, Bad Faith Claims

(July 23, 2020, 8:38 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 22 affirmed a lower federal court's summary judgment ruling in favor of insurers in an assignee of the insureds' lawsuit alleging bad faith and seeking reimbursement of underlying settlement costs (Marvin W. Durment, et al. v. The Burlington Insurance Company, No. 19-55353, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 22862)....