Jaclyn G. Oulds, an Individual v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co., an Iowa Corporation and Principal Financial Group, a Delaware Corporation

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• explaining that in case invoking diversity jurisdiction, “bifurcation of trials is permissible [] even when such procedure is contrary to state law”
• referring to “an offer of settlement,” “an offer of judgment,” and “any offer of settlement”
• affirming trial court’s decision to bifurcate contract claim from bad faith claim to avoid prejudice to the insurer
• noting the potential for argument that the insurer had “constructed a sham defense to the claim”
• Rejecting insurer’s rescission position but affirming summary judgment on bad faith claim because “the denial of a claim based upon a legitimate dispute does not imply bad faith.”
• insurer entitled to summary judgment because no genuine issue of material fact regarding insurer’s legitimate dispute about insured’s claim where insured had misrep resented medical history on insurance application

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).