Jury: Insurer Did Not Act In Bad Faith In Handling Negligence Claim Against Lodge

( April 20, 2026, 1:54 PM EDT) -- FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Following an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority’s reversal of a federal court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insured and remand for a jury trial after holding that a jury could reasonably find the insurer knew or should have known that liability was clear, a Florida federal jury concluded that the insurer did not handle an estate’s allegations of negligent security against the insured in bad faith....