Legal Opinion
West v. United Services Automobile Ass'n
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 9, 2016No. DA 16-0097PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
¶1 Elizabeth West, acting as Guardian Ad Litem for Peter Lee, and United Services Automobile Association and USAA Casualty Insurance Company (collectively USAA) dispute the effect of TRICARE medical payment hens on USAA’s responsibility to promptly pay Lee’s liability settlement claim against its insured. Lee asserted that USAA acted in bad faith by conditioning payment on resolving the TRICARE hens. The Eighth Judicial District Court agreed and held USAA liable for its insured’s $1,464,000 consent judgment.
¶2 We conclude that USAA had a reasonable basis in law to condition its payment of…
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