Fetch v. Quam

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] As personal representative of the estate of Waylin Fetch, Greg Fetch appeals the district court’s summary judgment for American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company (“American Hardware”) and order dismissing Fetch’s complaint that American Hardware breached an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing with Fetch. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] On May 31, 1988, Waylin Fetch was driving a motorcycle which collided with a pickup driven by Kelly Quam, resulting in a fractured vertebra in Fetch’s neck. Fetch hired an attorney within days of the accident. In March 1989, American…