Unripe Insurance Bad Faith Claim Dismissed In Auto Insurance Lawsuit

Mealey's (July 3, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on June 30 ruled that dismissal of a bad faith claim against an automobile insurance provider in an uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) dispute is warranted because the district court has not yet determined whether insureds are entitled to UM coverage (Robert Harry Diggory IV, et al. v. Safeco Insurance Co. of Illinois, No. 19-367, M.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109472)....