American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co. v. King

Opinion by

Judge WEBB.

Plaintiff, American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company (American), appeals from the judgment entered following a bench trial, dismissing its subrogation claim with prejudice and ruling in favor of defendants, Jack S. King and his wife, Ellen King, on their respective counterclaims for insurance bad faith and abuse of process. We affirm.

This case arose from settlements in two underlying proceedings: a workers’ compensation claim under which King received benefits from American, his employer’s insurer; and the Kings’ later medical malpractice action concerning other…