Panel To Decide Bad Faith Dispute Over Insurer’s Refusal To Defend Noninsured

Mealey's (October 18, 2019, 8:58 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Parties in an insurance bad faith lawsuit recently asked a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel to determine whether a federal district court erred in holding that an insurer cannot be held liable for acting in bad faith in refusing to defend a noninsured who was driving an insured vehicle at the time of an accident because the noninsured lacked standing to bring claims against the insurer (Louis Myers v. GEICO Casualty Co., No. 19-1108, 3rd Cir.)....