With Bad Faith Claim Waived, Deposition Uncalled For, Judge In Coverage Row Says

(September 2, 2021, 8:23 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on Aug. 23 overruled a contractor’s objection to a magistrate judge’s finding that the contractor cannot depose an insurance company’s bad faith expert because the contractor’s bad faith claim in a long-running coverage dispute for construction defects suits has been deemed waived by the trial court and the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....