Legal Opinion
Lord v. Allstate Insurance
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided September 17, 2014No. Case No. 4:13-cv-593-TMPPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
T. MICHAEL PUTNAM, United States Magistrate Judge.
On January 14, 2014, the defendant, Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”), filed its motion for partial summary judgment, seeking dismissal only of plaintiff Michael Lord’s1 claim for bad faith. (Doc. 16) The motion was fully briefed and orally argued before the court on August 6, 2014, which was followed by additional briefing at the request of the court.2 For the reasons explained below the motion is DENIED.
I. Procedural History
Plaintiffs filed their original complaint in this action in the Circuit Court of Etowah County,…
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