(March 13, 2019, 1:33 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A state appellate court erred in holding that an insurer acted in bad faith in failing to settle a third-party claim for damages resulting from an automobile accident caused by its insured because although the third parties presented the insurer with a valid offer to settle the claim within policy limits, the offer did not include “any deadline for accepting the offer,” the Georgia Supreme Court ruled March 11 (First Acceptance Insurance Co. of Georgia v. Hughes, No. S18G0517, Ga. Sup., 2019 Ga. LEXIS 161)....