Court Upholds Dismissal of Firefighter's Bad Faith Claims

A federal appellate court in an unpublished decision upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing a Colorado volunteer firefighter’s bad faith actions against the administrators who handled his claim. Cyrus Rajabi served as a volunteer firefighter for the Arvada Fire Protection District. He suffered injuries during a training exercise in April 2017. Arvada Fire reported the incident to its insurance carrier, which used Tristar Group as its claims administrator. Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. took over as the claims administrator in July 2020. Rajabi was diagnosed with compl...