Successful Appeal Vacating $10M Judgment – Court of Appeal Determines that Our Insurance Company Client Did not Act in Bad Faith When Failing to Settle Claim

Haight partner Rich Morton successfully appealed a verdict against his insurance company client in which the court of appeal reversed a $10M judgment and held that our client did not act in bad faith or unreasonably when they did not settle with the plaintiff.

A further analysis of the decision can be read in Haight’s March 9, 2021 alert, “Bad Faith Liability for Failure to Settle Requires a Finding that the Insurer Acted Unreasonably” by clicking here.

March 8, 2021