Federal Judge Denies Untimely Filed Motion In Insurance Bad Faith Suit

Mealey's (August 8, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Denial of an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in an insurance bad faith lawsuit is proper because the insurer filed the motion over a year and a half after the deadline for dispositive motions, a federal judge in California ruled July 24 in denying the motion (Joanne Koegel v. Government Employees Insurance Co., No. 14-0256, E.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116322)....