Panel To Decide Whether Summary Judgment Ruling In Bad Faith Suit Was Proper

Mealey's (October 21, 2019, 10:43 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Parties in an insurance bad faith lawsuit recently asked an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel to determine whether a federal district court erred in granting an insurer’s summary judgment motion after determining that no genuine issue of material fact existed showing that the insurer acted in bad faith in its handling of an automobile insurance claim with a third party (Scott Martin v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co., No. 19-11164, 11th Cir.)....