United States:
Summary Judgment Granted In Favor Of Insurer On Bad Faith Claim
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Spring 2020
In the recent case of Centeno v. American Liberty Insurance
Company, No. CV-18- 01059-PHX-SMB, 2019 WL 4849548 (D. Ariz. Oct.
1, 2019), the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
expounded upon the evidentiary burden a plaintiff must satisfy to
demonstrate insurer bad faith.
Centeno was a traveling nurse employed by Beech Home Care
("Beech") and was covered under a policy issued by
American Liberty Insurance Company ("American Liberty")
providing workers' compensation coverage. On August 5, 2016,
while retrieving medical supplies from her vehicle to continue
treatment of a patient, Centeno allegedly fell and injured her
back. No one witnessed the injury. Centeno, along with fellow nurse
Jeuckstock, continued treating patients that day following
Centeno's alleged injury.
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