Moorehead v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, District Judge.

In this case involving an alleged bad faith denial of fire insurance coverage, I deny the insurance company’s motion for partial summary judgment relating to the plaintiffs’ claims for emotional harm and litigation expenses because those claims are dependent on determinations to be made at trial. On the other hand, I grant the insurance company’s motion for partial summary judgment as to the plaintiffs’ calculation of damages on a per diem basis.

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This case arose from a fire that occurred on July 14,1998, at the plaintiffs’ residence in North Tazewell,…