NOVEMBER 2014 BAD FAITH CASES: CARRIER’S INVESTIGATION AND DENIAL OF UIM BENEFITS FOLLOWING PAYMENT OF FIRST PARTY MEDICAL CLAIM NOT BAD FAITH; NEITHER LENGTH OF INVESTIGATION ALONE NOR DISPUTING CAUSATION AFTER NOT MAKING IT AN ISSUE IN ORIGINAL CLAIM CREATE BAD FAITH PER SE (Middle District)

In Shaffer v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., plaintiff and his wife brought a bad faith claim against their carrier after being denied UIM…