Ralph Easley, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Dorothy Easley, Deceased v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Appellee, Ralph Easley, brought this suit in Florida state court for damages from the appellant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, claiming bad faith in the settlement by State Farm of a claim resulting in a verdict in excess of applicable policy limits. State Farm removed the litigation to the district court on diversity grounds. Title 28, U.S.C., Section 1332. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in Easley’s favor on his claim that State Farm had refused in bad faith to settle his claim by failing to pay the policy limits of the policy in effect on the automobile which…