Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Investors Insurance Co. of America

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Hughes, C. J.

We consider here cross appeals from the Appellate Division affirmance (Rova v. Investors, 124 N. J. Super. 248 (1973)) of a judgment entered by a trial court, sitting without a jury, generally in favor of a plaintiff against the defendant, its insurer. The claim rested on alleged bad faith by the insurer in exposing its insured to payment of substantial sums in excess of policy limits, for which sums recovery was sought and awarded below. Plaintiff, responding here in defense of its judgment, is Rova Farms Resort, Inc., a New Jersey…