Jury Could Find Insurer Acted In Bad Faith, Judge Says In Refusing Summary Judgment

Mealey's (August 9, 2017, 12:43 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — Denying an automobile insurer’s motion for summary judgment in a bad faith lawsuit, a Florida federal judge on Aug. 4 held that a jury could find that the insurer did not handle a bodily injury claim with the same degree of care that it would have used to handle its own affairs (Richard Soricelli v. GEICO Indemnity Co., No. 16-1535, M.D. Fla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122950)....