Declaratory Judgment, Bad Faith Claims In Disability Suit Dismissed

Mealey's (August 18, 2020, 8:31 PM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida federal judge on Aug. 14 granted a disability insurer's motion to dismiss a bad faith claim and a declaratory judgment claim after determining that the declaratory judgment claim is duplicitous of the breach of contract claim and the bad faith claim is premature (Corrine Belliotti v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No. 20-61015, S.D. Fla., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147979)....