Motion For Default Denied, Leave To File Answer Granted In Bad Faith Suit

Mealey's (March 22, 2019, 9:30 AM EDT) -- PEORIA, Ill. — A federal judge in Illinois on March 18 ruled that an insurer’s entry of appearance, requests for extensions of time to respond to a complaint and subsequent motion to transfer are sufficient to defeat the insured’s motion for an entry of default in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit (Jehan Zeb Mir v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., No. 18-1315, C.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43471)....