Grand Sheet Metal Products Co. v. Protection Mutual Insurance

The plaintiff, seeking recovery against its claimed fire insurer and insurance agent, pleads a cause of action against the insurer Protection Mutual Insurance Company, beyond the claimed amount of the policies in question, on the grounds of bad faith and oppressive business conduct. The portions of the complaint attacked are paragraph twelve of the first, second and third counts, paragraph thirty of the ninth count and paragraphs twenty-two through twenty-four of the tenth count.

The plaintiff is asserting a tortious breach of contract based on a tort claim separate from any claim for breach…