{"id":1247,"date":"2016-12-12T08:24:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T14:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:37:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:37:30","slug":"court-finds-insurance-company-may-acted-bad-faith-denying-claim-without-sufficient-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/court-finds-insurance-company-may-acted-bad-faith-denying-claim-without-sufficient-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Finds Insurance Company May Have Acted in Bad Faith by Denying Claim Without Sufficient Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent case<\/a>, a passenger sued after she was injured in a car accident. A man had bought his fianc\u00e9e a van for her birthday. On her birthday, the couple was drinking with some friends, and the man gathered the friends in the van. He then drove the van and crashed it, causing one of the passengers serious injuries. The passenger received compensation for her injuries from the man\u2019s insurance, but she said the amount she received did not cover her injuries and made an additional claim for underinsured motorist benefits. Since\u00a0the man\u2019s coverage did not cover her expenses, she claimed he was \u201cunderinsured,\u201d so she\u00a0should receive underinsured motorist benefits from her insurance policy and from the driver\u2019s fianc\u00e9e\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n

The insurance company denied the claim at first. The passenger then sued the insurance company, claiming the company unreasonably denied her claim or delayed in paying her. The insurance company eventually paid her additional compensation. However, the passenger still claimed the insurance company unreasonably denied or delayed payment\u2014essentially\u00a0stating that the company acted in bad faith in doing so.<\/p>\n

A federal trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the insurance company, finding it did not unreasonably deny or delay payment. But the passenger appealed, and a federal appeals court reversed the decision, deciding a reasonable jury could find the insurance company failed to reasonably investigate her claim.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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