North American Van Lines, Inc. v. Lexington Insurance Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
WARNER, Judge.
North American Van Lines (NAVL) appeals from a final order dismissing its complaint against its insurance carriers with prejudice. The trial court found that all of the claims for breach of contract, bad faith, intentional interference, and conspiracy were barred. The court held that an excess judgment in a third party action was necessary to pursue a bad faith action against the carriers and that all of the remaining counts were simply variations of the bad faith count. Because bad faith is simply a sub-category of breach of contract, we hold that under the facts of this case…
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- Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. Security Ins. Co. of HartfordSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
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