9th Circuit Says Insured’s Costs Incurred In Bad Faith Suit Were Foreseeable

Mealey's (July 20, 2021, 4:43 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A district court erred in finding that an insured’s costs incurred in a Phase II trial on the insured’s bad faith claim against an auto insurer were not consequential damages because the insured’s costs were foreseeable, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said July 19 in reversing a portion of the district court’s ruling....