Judge Trims Claims In Insurance Bad Faith Dispute Over Hail Damage

Mealey's (January 25, 2019, 11:17 AM EST) -- PHOENIX — Although an insurer has failed to establish that an insured breached the terms of a commercial insurance policy by notifying the insurer of hail damage until almost five years after it occurred, the insured has failed to provide sufficient evidence to support a majority of its arguments in support of its claim for insurance bad faith, a federal judge in Arizona ruled Jan. 22 (The Racquet Club at Scottsdale Ranch Condominium Association Inc. v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co., No. 17-1215, D. Ariz., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100004)....