Mealey's (December 3, 2020, 1:49 PM EST) -- LAFAYETTE, La. — A Louisiana federal magistrate judge on Dec. 1 denied an auto insurer’s motion to compel appraisal in a breach of contract and bad faith suit after determining that an appraisal would not resolve the legal and factual issues arising out of the insurer’s method of calculating the total loss of an insured vehicle (Glenn Durgin, et al. v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co., No. 19-721, W.D. La., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 225297)....