Bad Faith Claims In Insurance Dispute Bifurcated; Discovery Allowed To Proceed

Mealey's (February 10, 2020, 10:05 AM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska on Jan. 24 granted an insurer’s motion to bifurcate a plaintiff’s underinsured/uninsured motorist (UIM) claim in a breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit from her bad faith claims at trial, ruling that the parties then must try the plaintiffs’ bad faith claims before the same jury (Anastasia Tanner v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., No. 19-0253, D. Alaska, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11767)....