Excess Insurer’s Settlement Negotiations Are Not Relevant To Bad Faith Dispute

(April 8, 2019, 11:21 AM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York federal judge on March 26 said a primary insurer cannot introduce evidence regarding the excess insurer’s settlement negotiations in an underlying auto coverage suit filed against an insured because the settlement negotiations are not relevant to the issue of whether the primary insurer acted in bad faith in failing to settle the underlying suit within its primary policy limits (Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. Twin City Fire Insurance Co., No. 14-858, E.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50504)....

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