Panel Affirms Ruling In Insurer’s Favor In Bad Faith Suit Prompted By Pandemic

(August 7, 2024, 2:12 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Bound by its ruling in Baylor Scott & White Holdings v. Factory Mut. Ins. Co., the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 6 affirmed a federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of an insured in its breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit arising from the COVID-19 pandemic....