Bad Faith Claim Against Auto Insurer To Proceed, California Federal Judge Says

(April 5, 2024, 10:37 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. —  An insured’s claim for bad faith against an auto insurer can proceed because the disparity between an arbitrator’s determination of the insured’s damages and the available policy limit supports the insured’s bad faith claim, a California federal judge said in denying the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings....