11th Circuit Vacates Ruling On Bad Faith Claim Alleged Against Auto Insurer

Mealey's (October 2, 2020, 12:17 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of an auto insurer in a bad faith auto dispute because a reasonable jury could conclude that the damages claimed by the assignees of the insured were caused by the insurer's alleged bad faith conduct, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Oct. 1 in vacating and remanding the district court's ruling (Yolanda Aldana, et al. v. Progressive American Insurance Co., No. 19-12950, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 31223)....