Insured Failed To Prove Auto Insurer Acted With Malice In Handling Claim For Benefits

Mealey's (August 19, 2019, 1:40 PM EDT) -- JACKSON. Miss. — A Mississippi federal judge on Aug. 14 granted an auto insurer’s motion for summary judgment on a bad faith claim after determining that the insured failed to prove that the insurer actually denied the claim or that the insurer acted with malice or gross negligence in handling the insured’s auto claim (Jerrie G. Magruder v. Elliot H. Brashier, et al., No. 18-588, S.D. Miss., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137236)....