Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance Companies v. Charles Herron
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 10, 2011No. 09-35203PublishedCited by 447 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide, among other issues, whether an insurance company’s failure to settle a claim against its insured by a claimant’s stated settlement deadline constitutes a breach of the insurer’s duty of good faith and fair dealing under Alaska law.
I
A
On September 14, 2002, Charles Herron was involved in a single-car accident, in which his passenger Angelina Trailov was severely injured. 1 At the time, Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”) provided car insurance to Herron under a policy obtained by Herron’s parents, which provided a maximum of $100,000 bodily…
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