Panel Reverses District Court’s Summary Judgment Ruling In Bad Faith Suit

Mealey's (March 10, 2017, 12:31 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal district court erred in granting a third party’s motion for summary judgment on her breach of the implied duty to settle claim in an insurance bad faith and breach of contract lawsuit because no reasonable jury could conclude that the insurer “unreasonably failed to accept” the third party’s offer to settle, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 7 in reversing (Amy J. McDaniel v. Government Employees Insurance Co., No. 14-17203, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4029)....