Bad Faith Claim Against Nursing Facility's Purported Insurer Survives Dismissal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The prevailing party in a default judgment ruling against a nursing facility has sufficiently alleged that the facility was an intended insured under a commercial liability policy, a California federal judge ruled Jan. 31, finding this to be sufficient to permit the plaintiff's bad faith claim against the insurer to survive a motion to dismiss (Estate of Emma Cartledge v. Columbia Casualty Co., No. 2:11-cv-02623, E.D. Calif.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11693). Full story on lexis.com