Legal Opinion
Miel v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 19, 1996No. 1 CA-CV 93-0191PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.
Denise Miel was injured in an automobile accident caused by Greg McKenzie’s negligence. McKenzie was insured by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. State Farm failed to settle the ease for the policy limits, exposing McKenzie to a judgment in excess of those limits. Miel, as McKenzie’s assignee, sued State Farm for bad faith after it failed to settle her claim. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Miel on her bad faith claim, and State Farm has appealed, contesting various rulings of the trial court. Miel has cross-appealed, seeking review of the…
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