Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer’s Parent Company Cannot Survive, Judge Says

Mealey's (October 8, 2018, 9:53 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An insured’s bad faith claim cannot be sustained against the parent company of a homeowners insurer because the insured failed to prove that the parent company acted in bad faith in the handling of her claim for water damages, a California federal judge said Oct. 3 (Tam Vu v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., et al., No. 18-3594, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171347)....