11th Circuit:  Bad Faith Claims Against Insurer Can’t Proceed Based On Release

Mealey's (June 28, 2022, 3:59 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of an insurer on a first-party bad faith claim and a third-party bad faith claim because the insured signed a release in 2001 that applied to the insurer named as a defendant by the third party seeking recovery from the insurer for an underlying judgment entered against the insured, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said June 24....