Standard Guaranty Insurance Co. v. Cunningham

Standard Guaranty Insurance Company (Standard) appeals from a final judgment determining that Standard had acted in bad faith in handling a negligence claim against its insured, James. While Standard raises a number of issues on appeal, the resolution of one issue is dispositive of this appeal and, therefore, it is unnecessary to address the other issue raised by appellant. We find that the trial court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to determine whether Standard acted in bad faith in handling the negligence claim against the insured, James, absent a final judgment against its insured…