N.Y. Justice: Fact Issues Exist As To Whether Claims Servicer Acted Negligently

Mealey's (October 11, 2019, 2:18 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York justice on Oct. 4 held that an insurer has raised “numerous issues of fact” regarding whether its claims servicer acted negligently in handling an underlying wrongful death action involving a nursing home and, as a result, there are issues of fact as to whether the claims servicer breached a third-party administrator agreement (Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., No. 653915/2015, N.Y. Sup., New York Co., 2019 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 5326)....