Panel:  Insured’s Assignee Lacks Standing To Seek Damages In Bad Faith Suit

(June 5, 2020, 2:26 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An insured’s assignee lacks standing to seek consequential damages after obtaining a $3.5 million default judgment against the insurer in a breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit because the assignee’s default judgment against the insured expired and was thus, unenforceable, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled June 4 (James Nalder, et al. v. United Automobile Insurance Co., No. 13-17441, 9th Cir.)....