Ruling Reversed On Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Claims In Water Damage Suit

Mealey's (May 10, 2019, 12:04 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH,  Fla. — The Fourth District Florida Court of Appeal on May 8 reversed a trial court’s ruling in favor of an insurer in a water damage suit after determining that the insurer’s payment of an appraiser’s award constitutes a confession that it breached the policy and that genuine issues of fact remand as to whether the insurer acted in bad faith in handling the insureds’ claim (Hershel Bryant, et al. v. Geovera Specialty Insurance Co., No. 4D18-189, Fla. App., 4th Dist., 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 7161)....