Brennan v. Mead

— In an action to recover “excess liability” for the bad faith breach of an insurance contract, the appeals, as limited by the defendants’ briefs, are from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County, dated August 7, 1980, as denied defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and the defendant insurer’s cross complaint. Order reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and cross motion granted. Plaintiffs were injured in a June, 1970 automobile accident and brought suit against one Clarence Welch. They sought to hold…