Colorado High Court Finds Court-Ordered IME In Bad Faith Suit Was In Error

Mealey's (December 10, 2018, 11:33 AM EST) -- DENVER — In an original proceeding pursuant to state appellate rules, the Colorado Supreme Court on Nov. 5 ruled that a state trial court’s order in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit requiring an insured to undergo an independent medical examination (IME) at the request of her insurer was in error because the insurer’s alleged bad faith “must be evaluated based on the evidence before it” (Charissa Schultz v. GEICO Casualty Co., No. 18SA135, Colo. Sup., 2018 Colo. LEXIS 904)....

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