OCTOBER 2015 BAD FAITH CASES: INSURER DID NOT ACT IN BAD FAITH BY EXHAUSTING POLICY LIMITS IN SETTLING SOME, BUT NOT ALL CLAIMS, WHERE SETTLEMENT AVOIDED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EXPOSURE TO INSURED, AND INSURED WAS FULLY APPRISED THAT REMAINING CLAIM WOULD NOT BE COVERED (New Jersey Appellate Division)

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In Doitch v. Khatri, a third-party action for insurance coverage, the insureds filed a breach of contract and fiduciary duty complaint against an insurer refusing…