Mordesovitch v. Westfield Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

STANLEY, United States Magistrate Judge.

This civil action is a so-called “first party bad faith claim” 1 that Defendant and its counsel engaged in unfair trade practices in connection with Plaintiffs claim for un-derinsured motorist insurance coverage benefits following a 1999 fatal accident. For the purpose of this Memorandum Opinion and Order, the court assumes to be true the allegations that Plaintiffs son, Charles Mordesovitch, a pedestrian, was killed when he was struck by a vehicle operated by a drunk driver who had become intoxicated at a bar. Plaintiff,…