Majority Reverses Ruling In Insurer’s Favor In Bad Faith Suit Over Fatal Shooting

( April 21, 2025, 1:38 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A majority of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 18 reversed a lower federal court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer in a lawsuit alleging that the insurer acted in bad faith when it failed to make a settlement offer in an estate’s lawsuit alleging negligent security against the insured, finding that a jury could reasonably find that the insurer knew or should have known that the insured’s liability was clear....