Bad Faith Claim Cannot Proceed Without Breach Of Contract Claim, Panel Says

(July 20, 2023, 11:18 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s ruling that a bad faith claim cannot proceed against the third-party administrator of a health plan because under Wisconsin law, a bad faith claim cannot proceed without a breach of contract claim and the insureds conceded that their breach of contract claim cannot proceed against the third-party health plan administrator....