9th Circuit Damages Ruling In Bad Faith Suit Will Not Get High Court Review

Mealey's (February 24, 2021, 1:40 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 22 declined review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that an insured’s assignee lacked standing to seek consequential damages after obtaining a $3.5 million default judgment against the insurer in a breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit because the assignee’s default judgment against the insured expired and was, thus, unenforceable....