( January 9, 2026, 1:35 PM EST) -- CHARLESTON, W. Va. — A federal judge in West Virginia denied an insurer’s motion to bifurcate an insured’s bad faith claim from the breach of contract claim in a windstorm coverage dispute, holding that the factors in Light v. Allstate Ins. Co. do not support bifurcation and that a stay of discovery of the bad faith claims is unwarranted....