(September 4, 2018, 12:25 PM EDT) -- KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Michigan federal judge on Aug. 17 refused to dismiss an insured’s suit alleging that an insurer acted in bad faith in settling underlying claims arising out of the insured’s sale of defective artificial knee joints after determining that the insured stated a viable claim for bad faith that was not addressed in either of two prior lawsuits filed by the insured against the insurer (Stryker Corp. et. al., v. XL Insurance America Inc., No. 17-66, W.D. Mich., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140216)....