Bad Faith Sanctions Not Appropriate; Legitimate Coverage Dispute Existed

(October 8, 2019, 12:50 PM EDT) -- MOUNT VERNON, Ill. — The Fifth District Illinois Appellate Court on Oct. 4 affirmed a trial court’s denial of an insured’s motion for bad faith sanctions after determining that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that sanctions were not appropriate because a legitimate coverage dispute existed as to whether the insurer was responsible for the cost of rewiring an entire home following a fire (Jeffrey Patzius v. American Family Insurance Co., No. 5-19-0533, Ill. App., 5th Dist., 2019 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1894)....

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