Claims Related To Auto Insurer’s Refusal To Set Up Special-Needs Trust To Proceed

(November 19, 2021, 9:26 AM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — Claims for breach of contract and bad faith will proceed against an auto insurer to the extent that the claims are based on the insurer’s failure and refusal to pay for the costs to set up a guardianship or special-needs trust on behalf of an injured pedestrian who was struck by an insured auto, a Florida federal judge said Nov. 10 in partially denying the insurer’s motion for summary judgment....