Bad Faith, Punitive Damages Claims Against Auto Insurer Properly Dismissed

(December 14, 2023, 1:31 PM EST) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A trial court did not err in dismissing insureds’ claims for bad faith and punitive damages against an auto insurer because the insurer met its burden of showing that it had a reasonable basis for denying the insureds’ claim for damages to their vehicle caused by a theft and the insureds failed to prove that the insurer’s denial was unreasonable, the majority of the Mississippi Court of Appeals said in affirming a trial court’s ruling....