Legal Opinion
Pavia v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 26, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Thompson, J. P.
The principal question before us is whether the evidence adduced at the trial established that the defendant insurance carrier acted in "bad faith” by allegedly failing to act within a reasonable time upon a settlement offer made by the plaintiff Frank Pavia’s attorney in the underlying personal injury action. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the jury could properly have found that the carrier acted in bad faith, and accordingly, affirm the judgment appealed from.
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