NOVEMBER 2017 BAD FAITH CASES: NO CLAIM SEVERANCE BECAUSE (1) EXTRA LITIGATION STEPS PREJUDICE INSURED AND BURDEN COURT; (2) LOSING UIM COVERAGE CLAIM DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY RESOLVE BAD FAITH CLAIM; (3) AND DISCOVERY AND EVIDENTIARY ISSUES COULD BE HANDLED DURING DISCOVERY PROCESS AND/OR AT TRIAL (Middle District)

The Court denied a motion to sever and stay in this UIM bad faith case. The tortfeasor’s insurer had paid its policy limits, the insured…