Insured’s Untimely Service Of Process Of Bad Faith Suit Must Be Excused

Mealey's (November 17, 2020, 12:50 PM EST) -- ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands — A federal judge in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Nov. 13 denied a motion to dismiss an insured’s suit alleging claims for breach of contract and bad faith and arising out of property damages sustained by Hurricane Maria after determining that the insured’s untimely service of process on the insurer should be excused because the insured cannot refile the suit based on the policy’s two-year limitations provision (Youth With A Mission v. Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London, et al., No. 19-46, D. Virgin Islands, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 213129)....