Trade Associations File Amicus Brief In Support Of Insurer In Bad Faith Suit

(February 10, 2017, 2:18 PM EST) -- RENO, Nev. — A federal district court did not err in finding that, without bad faith, the liability of an insurer that has breached its duty to defend is not increased beyond the limits of the policy, and the Nevada Supreme Court should answer a question posed by a federal appeals court in the affirmative, a group of trade associations of major property and casualty insurance companies argues in a Jan. 24 amicus brief filed in the Nevada Supreme Court (James Nalder, guardian ad litem on behalf of Cheyanne Nalder, et al. v. United Automobile Insurance Co., No. 70504, Nev. Sup.)....