( July 9, 2024, 11:26 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal affirmed a district court’s $125,000 judgment in favor of an insured in a water damage dispute after determining that the lower court did not abuse its discretion in denying the insured’s request for appraisal or in entering partial summary judgment on the insured’s bad faith claim because there is no evidence that the parties agreed to arbitrate the dispute and no evidence that the insurer acted in bad faith in handling the insured’s claim....