Auto Insurer Permitted To Amend Answer To Assert Failure-To-Cooperate Defense

( June 2, 2025, 8:46 AM EDT) -- DENVER — A Colorado federal magistrate judge granted an auto insurer’s motion to amend its answer to include a failure-to-cooperate defense in response to the insured’s breach of contract and bad faith claims because the insured failed to show that amendment would be futile and that the insurer cannot maintain the defense under any circumstances....