Jones v. Continental Insurance Co.

In Jones v. Continental Insurance Co., 920 F.2d 847 (11th Cir.1991), this court certified the following question to the Florida Supreme Court as dispositive of this case:

What is the appropriate measure of damages in a first-party action for bad faith failure to settle an uninsured motorist insurance claim (under Fla.Stat. § 624.-155(l)(b)(l.))?

Id. at 851. The Florida Supreme Court recently responded to this question in Continental Insurance Co. v. Jones, 592 So.2d 240 (Fla.1992). The Florida Supreme Court referred to its recent decision in McLeod v. Continental Insurance Co., 591 So.2d 621…