Legal Opinion

Bush v. Allstate Insurance

District Court, S.D. Florida

Decided January 30, 1969No. 66-1478-Civ-CAPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ATKINS, District Judge.

On July 14, 1966 a judgment of $24,-000 was entered in the Circuit Court of Broward County, Florida, in favor of Lummie McCord Grant against William E. Bush. Bush’s liability resulted from an auto accident in which Grant was injured. Allstate Insurance Company paid $10,000 of the $24,000 award because of a motor vehicle liability policy carried by Bush. Bush now brings suit against Allstate for the $14,000 difference alleging that the company is liable to him by reason of its bad faith in refusing to settle the lawsuit by Grant.

After the trial was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Auto Mutual Indemnity Co. v. ShawSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
  2. American Fidelity Fire Insurance Company v. JohnsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
  3. Edwin B. Seward v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  4. Chicoine v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  5. Braxton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1938

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. William Bush v. Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  2. Howard v. National Cash Register Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1975
  3. Davis v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  4. Cheek v. Agricultural InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. Cheek v. Agricultural Insurance Company of Watertown, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970

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