Third-Party Claimant’s Statutory Bad Faith Claim To Proceed, Judge Says

( November 18, 2024, 8:00 AM EST) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A third-party claimant’s statutory bad faith claim against an auto insurer can proceed because the claimant properly filed a civil remedy notice (CRN) as required under Florida law and the auto insurer failed to cure the CRN when it refused to pay the excess judgment entered against its insured, a Florida federal judge said in denying the auto insurer’s motion to dismiss the claim....