Dale v. Guaranty National Insurance Co.

We granted certiorari to review an unpublished court of appeals’ decision rejecting the appeal of petitioner Linda Dale (Dale) and affirming the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of respondent, Guaranty National Insurance Company (GNIC), on Dale’s claim of bad faith breach of an insurance contract.1 The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s holding that the doctrine of collateral estoppel applied to an arbitration panel’s determination that GNIC’s misconduct was not willful and wanton and, as a result, precluded further litigation on the issue of bad faith. We reverse and…