Third-Party Bad Faith Claim Dismissed In Auto Insurance Dispute

Mealey's (March 8, 2019, 2:05 PM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on March 1 ruled that an insurer has shown that no genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether it acted in bad faith in its handling of an automobile insurance claim with a third party because the third party failed to provide any evidence that the insurer breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing or exposed its insured to excess liability in its handling of the claim (Scott Martin v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co., No. 17-3056, M.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32644)....