Johnson v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Stephen Johnson, who is suing as the assignee of Eric Jennings, an individual found liable for damages in excess of his liability insurance policy limits in automobile personal-injury litigation, appeals from an adverse judgment in a bad-faith action against Jennings’ insurer, American Family Mutual Insurance Company (American Family). As grounds for reversal, the plaintiff urges that the district court improperly (1) instructed that as a requirement for recovery in this bad-faith litigation the plaintiff must show that the insurer had no reasonable basis for…