Judge: Insurance Bad Faith Suit Barred By Doctrine Of Laches

Mealey's (July 17, 2018, 2:16 PM EDT) -- LAS VEGAS — Summary judgment in an insurance bad faith lawsuit is appropriate because an insurer has shown that a plaintiff engaged in an unreasonable delay in bringing his lawsuit against the insurer for failure to pay death insurance benefits and are, thus, barred by laches, a federal judge in Nevada ruled July 12 in granting the insurer’s motion for summary judgment (Richard Lucas-MacGibbon v. USAA Life Insurance Co., No. 17-1348, D. Nev., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115914)....