Bad faith claim required to support discovery regarding similar claims.

The Insurance Claims and Bad Faith blog discusses a Florida district court case finding that evidence of how the insurer handled similar claims is discoverable only where bad faith is alleged. The case at issue, DeSoto Health & Rehab, LLC v. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co., alleged only breach of contract.

Washington State bad faith law is bad, really bad

The National Insurance Law Forum discusses a Washington supreme court case holding that an insurer that denied a defense under an assault and battery exclusion for post-assault negligence acted in bad faith by relying upon a split in authority to do so.