Richardson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.

Opinion

SCHWEITZER, J.

Defendant, Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., appeals from a judgment for $75,000 and $100,000 in favor of plaintiffs, Walter C. and Florence White Richardson respectively, entered on general jury verdicts. The judgment is based upon the refusal of Employers, insurer, to settle in good faith, without arbitration, the claim of the Richardsons, Employers’ insured, for the policy limits of $10,000 apiece under the uninsured motorist provisions of the policy.

*237 Facts

On January 30, 1968, Michael Squalls drove an automobile through a boulevard stop sign at an…