Judge Rules On Dismissal Motions In Suit Challenging Defendants’ Claims Handling

(January 21, 2020, 4:34 PM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on Jan. 17 granted individual defendants’ motion to dismiss bad faith and other claims in a lawsuit alleging that they erred in handling the plaintiff’s underlying insurance claims, finding that the individual defendants do not have a contractual relationship with the insured and, as a result, “do not have a corresponding personal duty in their individual capacities to act in good faith” (Merrilee Stewart v. The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., et al., No. 19-304, S.D. Ohio, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8375)....

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