Legal Opinion
Cindy Tripp v. Western National Mutual Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 29, 2011No. 10-3759PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Cindy Tripp suffered injuries in a motor vehicle accident and settled her claims against the at-fault driver. She then sought $150,000 from her own insurer, Western National Mutual Insurance Company (Western), an amount which represented the remaining limits of her underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage. When Western only offered $10,000 to settle the UIM claim, Tripp brought suit asserting claims of breach of contract and bad faith. After a jury awarded Tripp the full amount of her UIM coverage, but denied her bad faith claim, the district court 1 found Western’s refusal to…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Schmidt v. ClothierSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Larry Luke, Individually v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, American Family Mutual Insurance Company v. Larry Luke, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Isaac v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
- United States of America, Cross-Appellant/appellee v. James Randall Sanders, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
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