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213263P.pdf 02/10/2023 R.A.D. Services LLC v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 21-3263
and No: 21-3264
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
[PUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Benton, Kelly, and Erickson, Circuit
Judges]
Civil case - Insurance. Contractors were assigned claims by State Farm's
insureds after the insurer failed to make repair payments; under Nebraska
law, an assignee does not have standing to assert a first-party bad faith
claim against an insurer; the form used by those parties who hired
plaintiff Millard did not assign the company the right to pursue a
post-loss insurance claim; untimely filing of exhibits violated the
district court's local rules, and it did not abuse its discretion in
striking them; under Nebraska law, the written terms of the assignments
from the homeowners to the contractors were insufficient to create a valid
assignment of rights; the contractors' claim that oral agreements with the
homeowners provided the additional information necessary to create a valid
agreement is rejected as the contractors failed to establish a genuine
issue of material fact whether their assignments with the homeowners were
sufficiently definite and certain as to their terms and requirements to be
enforceable.