Claims In Cattle Rancher’s Insurance Bad Faith Suit Survive Summary Judgment

Mealey's (June 8, 2020, 10:30 AM EDT) -- SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A federal judge in South Dakota on May 27 ruled that an insurer is not entitled to summary judgment on its insured’s claim for insurance bad faith in a dispute over the insurer’s handling of a farm insurance claim because genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether the insurer’s investigation and denial of the insured’s claim were reasonable (Patricia Gregerson v. Farm Bureau Property and Casualty Insurance Co., No. 18-5044, D. S.D., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92341)....