Judge Denies Insurer’s Summary Judgment Motion In Bad Faith Suit

Mealey's (August 14, 2019, 12:31 PM EDT) -- SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A federal judge in South Dakota on July 26 ruled that an insurer is not entitled to summary judgment in an insurance bad faith lawsuit stemming from its handling of a workers’ compensation benefits claim because an insured exhausted all administrative remedies before bringing his claim (Randy Ball v. Federal Insurance Co., No. 18-4008, D. S.D., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124756)....