Insured Cannot Amend Answer To Allege Bad Faith Claim, Magistrate Judge Says

(July 2, 2020, 8:58 AM EDT) -- BUFFALO,  N.Y. — A New York federal magistrate judge on June 18 denied an insured’s motion to amend an answer to add a new cross-claim based on the property insurer’s alleged bad faith failure to indemnify the insured for a judgment in an underlying personal injury suit because the motion to amend was not timely filed (Michely J. Perez v. Foremost Insurance Co., et al., No. 17-997, W.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106815)....