Rulings In Favor Of Auto Insurer On Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Claims Affirmed

Mealey's (April 12, 2019, 11:59 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A district court did not err in dismissing an insured’s breach of contract claim and in granting an auto insurer’s motion for summary judgment on a bad faith claim because the insured was not owed any contractual benefits under the auto policy, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said April 10 (Maria Neumayer v. Allstate Insurance Co., et al., No. 17-56469, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 10620)....