Summary Judgment On Bad Faith Claim Denied In Auto Insurance Dispute

Mealey's (May 13, 2019, 12:39 PM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal magistrate judge in Pennsylvania on April 17 ruled that an insurer is not entitled to summary judgment on a bad faith claim made by its insured in an automobile insurance dispute because triable issues of material fact exist as to whether the insurer handled the insured’s uninsured motorist (UM) claim in bad faith (Shawn P. Lewis v. Mid-Century Insurance Co., No. 17-1409, W.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65264)....