Legal Opinion
Catherine S. Cadle v. GEICO General Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 2016No. 15-11283PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
Catherine S. Cadle appeals judgment as a matter of law granted to GEICO General Insurance Company (“GEICO”) in her bad-faith diversity action, controlled by Florida law. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. Underlying Facts
On July 27, 2007, Cadle was injured in an automobile accident on 1-95, when she was rear-ended by Derek S. Friend. Cadle was insured by GEICO under a stacked uninsured motorist (“UM”) 1 policy with a $75,000 limit. Friend was insured by Allstate under a policy with a $25,000 limit.
Following the accident, Cadle consulted her primary-care…
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