Legal Opinion
Hartford Insurance v. General Accident Group Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 15, 1991PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed with costs to plaintiff, in accordance with the following memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs causes of action that alleged bad faith settlement negotiations by defendant. There is ample evidence upon which a jury could find that defendant, as primary insurance carrier, negotiated in bad faith by not timely offering its policy limits thereby depriving plaintiff of an opportunity to negotiate a more favorable settlement. We further find that there is sufficient evidence in the record…
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