Other Insurer’s Claims Handling Not Relevant In Bad Faith Suit, Judge Rules

Mealey's (March 15, 2017, 1:11 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — Reconsideration of a federal district court’s ruling to grant an insurer a new trial in an insurance bad faith lawsuit is not warranted because an insured’s reference to another insurer’s claims handling for a bodily injury claim was not relevant and not properly considered by a jury, a federal judge in Florida ruled March 13 in denying the insured’s motion for reconsideration (Joshua Moore v. GEICO General Insurance Co., No. 13-1569, M.D. Fla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35136)....