Mealey's (October 2, 2020, 2:50 PM EDT) -- BILLINGS, Mont. — A Montana federal judge on Sept. 30 denied a homeowners insurer's motion to dismiss an insured's bad faith claim after determining that the claim is not precluded by Montana's Unfair Trade Practices Act and rejected the insurer's argument that the suit should be dismissed because the insured did not submit to appraisal of the claim (Bo Kombol v. Allstate Insurance Co., et al., No. 20-70, D. Mont., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180992)....