Auto Insurer’s Failure To Settle Was Not Unreasonable, Panel Majority Says

( March 21, 2025, 1:17 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The majority of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 20 affirmed a district court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of an auto insurer after determining that the auto insurer did not act in bad faith in failing to settle a claim on behalf of its insured because the third-party claimant failed to turn over his medical records despite numerous requests from the auto insurer....