Eighth Circuit Issues Split Decision on Bad Faith Claim Involving Payment of Policy Limit Five Years After Jury Verdict
In Scobee v. USAA Casualty Insurance Co., 168 F.4th 507 (8th Cir. 2026), the United States …
Tag: coverage disputes
No Coverage, No Bad Faith: Majority of States Enforce the Threshold Requirement
One of the most settled—but frequently litigated—principles in insurance law is that bad‑faith liability is derivative …
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WHOSE SETTLEMENT IS IT, ANYWAY? NEGOTIATING CONSISTENT WITH AN INSURER’S STRONG COVERAGE DEFENSES
This author suggested, in an earlier May 2016 Bad Faith blog article, that an insurer can …