Legal Opinion
Seeman v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 21, 1982No. 66706PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHULTZ, Justice.
Pursuant to chapter 684A, The Code, and Iowa R.App.P. 451-461, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 1 on its own motion, has certified two questions of law for answer by this court:
1. Does section 507B.4(9)(f), The Code, create a cause of action for damages in the individual entitled to the insurance proceeds when the insurance carrier has violated that section?
2. Does an insurance carrier violate section 507B.4(9)(f) by following the general business practice of inexcusably delaying payment of the settlement sum after a prompt, fair and…
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