Insureds’ Bad Faith Claim For Defects Coverage Is Not Time-Barred, Judge Holds

(April 28, 2016, 9:28 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — Aa fact finder could conclude that insureds did not discover or know the facts underlying their bad faith claim until much later than the settlement and judgment resolving underlying construction defect claims, an Arizona federal judge ruled April 25, finding that the bad faith claim is not time-barred under a two-year statute of limitations (D.R. Horton Inc., et al. v. Maryland Casualty Co., et al., No. 14-02507, D. Ariz.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55443)....