Judge Allows First-Party Insured’s Bad Faith Claim To Proceed To Trial

Mealey's (July 12, 2017, 11:44 AM EDT) -- SIOUX CITY, Iowa — While dismissing an insured’s third-party bad faith claim against an insurer for denied coverage of water damage, an Iowa federal judge on June 30 allowed the insured’s first-party bad faith and punitive damages claims to proceed to trial (Tim Van Der Weide v. Cincinnati Insurance Co., No. 14-4100, N.D. Iowa; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101735)....