In a bad faith case arising in the Northern District of Florida, the Federal Court applied Florida law and granted a liability insurance company's motion for summary judgment. The bad faith case was based on allegations of bad-faith-failure-to-settle.
The Court applied the national standard of extracontractual liability which prevails in most bad-faith-failure-to-settle cases. "Here, there is a complete absence of evidence that State Farm acted solely on the basis of its own interests as to Coulter's claim." Coulter v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2014 WL 197693 *6 (N.D. Fla. January 16, 2014).
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