Auto Insurer’s Motion To Transfer Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Suit Granted

(August 14, 2023, 11:21 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A putative class action filed by an insured who alleges that his auto insurer breached its contract and acted in bad faith by relying on the auto policy’s regular use exclusion to deny underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits must be transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania where a similar suit against the same auto insurer is pending because the similar suit was filed first, a federal judge in Pennsylvania said in granting the auto insurer’s motion to transfer....