Bernhard v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

Opinion by

Judge CRISWELL.

The defendant, Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers), appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict which awarded its insured, plaintiff Sandra 0. Bernhard, damages for Farmers’ bad faith refusal to settle a personal injury tort claim asserted by third parties against the insured and from the court’s post-verdict award of attorney fees to the insured. Farmers argues that the trial court erred in allowing the jury to assess damages that occurred to the insured after the date that Farmers made a “full limits” offer to settle the tort claims being asserted, in…