Legal Opinion
Trask v. Iowa Kemper Mutual Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 15, 1976No. 2-57250PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
The pivotal question in this appeal is whether a liability insurer acted in bad faith in not accepting a third-party offer to settle for the policy limit. Two lawsuits are involved, the original damage action and the present one for the excess over the amount of the policy.
A truck driven by plaintiff James E. Trask collided with a car insured by defendant Iowa Kemper Mutual Insurance Company. Trask sustained personal juries. The driver of the car died in the collision. Trask sued Kemper’s insureds for $96,000 for personal injuries, and the truck owner sued them for property…
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- Henke v. Iowa Home Mutual Casualty CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1959
- Ferris v. Employers Mutual Casualty CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
- Steffens v. American Standard Insurance Co. of WisconsinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
- Kleinschmit v. Farmers Mut. Hail Ins. Ass'n of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
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