Insurer's Parent Company Dismissed From UIM Suit For Lack Of Vicarious Liability

LAS VEGAS - A Nevada federal judge on Jan. 31 held that although it is possible that an insurer's parent company "had the requisite control over [its] day-to-day claim processing operations to make it vicariously liable" for breach of contract and bad faith claims in an underinsured motorist (UIM) dispute, the insured failed to allege facts establishing this (Teresa Engel, et al. v. Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, et al., No. 2:11-cv-01103, D. Nev.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11115). Full story on lexis.com