Legal Opinion
Daniel Athey v. Farmers Insurance Exchangeillinois Farmers Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2000No. 00-1206PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Daniel Athey was injured in December 1993 when his automobile was hit by Robert Hajek, who had failed to stop at a stop sign and was underinsured. Athey sustained soft tissue damage to his back and made a claim on his underinsurance policy with Farmers Insurance Exchange. Farmers Insurance Exchange and Athey could not agree on a settlement, and Athey brought this diversity action against his insurer and Illinois Farmers Insurance Company (collectively Farmers), alleging that Farmers had breached its contract in bad faith. The district court 1 denied defense motions to…
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