McCormick v. Sentinel Life Insurance

Opinion

JOHNSON, J.

Appellant filed an action for declaratory relief and damages for insurance bad faith. After an adverse compulsory arbitration hearing, appellant requested a trial de novo. He challenges both an order denying postarbitration discovery and an order granting the insurer’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm the first order and reverse the latter.

The order granting summary judgment raises a significant question about the scope of an insurer’s duty of good faith. In this connection we hold an insurer’s duty is not necessarily excused where an item of information is omitted…