Bad Faith Claim Cannot Be Adjudicated Until After Contract Claim Is Resolved

Mealey's (November 28, 2017, 11:18 AM EST) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — A bad faith claim stemming from an auto insurance dispute must be dismissed because the claim cannot be adjudicated until after the breach of contract claim is resolved, a Florida federal judge said Nov. 27 in granting the insurer’s motion to dismiss (James Robert Wadsworth, et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., No. 17-502, M.D. Fla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 194254)....

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