Judge Grants Summary Judgment, Dismisses Insurance Bad Faith Claim

Mealey's (August 27, 2018, 1:06 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Although an insured’s insurance bad faith claims against its insurer in a property insurance dispute were not prescribed, dismissal of the claim is still warranted because the insurer had no duty to inform the insured of the policy’s limitation period and the insured failed to show that the insurer’s denial of its proof of loss was “arbitrary, capricious or without probable cause,” a federal judge in Louisiana ruled Aug. 21 in partially granting the insurer’s summary judgment motions (NAZ LLC v. United National Insurance Co., No. 17-5697, E.D. La., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141274)....