Kelly v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

Opinion

SCOTT, Acting P. J.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of respondent Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers) in appellant George Kelly’s action seeking damages for bad faith refusal to settle a claim for personal injuries caused by Farmers’ insured. We reverse the judgment.

Statement of the Case

This appeal is part of the aftermath of a 1977 accident which injured appellant Kelly. Our statement of the facts is drawn in part from another appeal which resulted from the same accident, United Pacific-Reliance Ins. Companies v. Kelly (1983) 140 Cal.App.3d 72, at page 74 [189…