Legal Opinion
Gentry v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
District Court, E.D. California
Decided July 26, 2010No. CIV. S-09-0671 LKK/GGHPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff brings an action for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and for breach of contract arising from defendant’s handling of his underinsured motorist (“UIM”) claim. Defendant moved for summary judgement on both claims.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident on August 24, 2004, when another driver ran a red light at an intersection in Modesto, California. The police concluded that the other driver caused the accident. Decl. of Andre Snowden filed in support of Def.’s Mot. Summ. J. (“Snowden…
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