R.D. Lottie v. West American Insurance Company, of the Ohio Casualty Group of Insurance Companies

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

R.D. Lottie sued his insurer for breach of contract, bad faith and race discrimination. Because there is a significant evi-dentiary overlap between the claims on which final judgment was granted (the bad faith claim and the race discrimination claim) and a claim that remains pending before the district court (the breach of contract claim), we vacate and remand.

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R.D. Lottie owns a number of rental properties in Indiana, many of which are leased through a federally subsidized housing program. West American provides property insurance for Lottie’s buildings.…