Norman Eugene Awrey v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company

CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Progressive Casualty Insurance Company (Progressive) appeals from a verdict in favor of plaintiff-ap-pellee Norman Awrey (Awrey). Awrey had alleged that Progressive had acted in bad faith in failing to offer policy limits to settle a tort action against Awrey at a time when it could have been settled for that amount, and consequently had exposed him to liability in excess of his insurance policy limits. Progressive denied acting in bad faith. It argued that its failure to settle was based on an honest belief that the tort action was not…