Legal Opinion
Hammonds v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 7, 2007No. 06-3549PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Jack Hammonds appeals the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment to Hartford Fire Insurance Company (Hartford). Hammonds claims that Hartford acted in bad faith by delaying payments due to him under a settlement agreement and filing a petition to terminate current benefits. Because Hammonds cannot establish loss arising from the only basis for bad faith that he might be able to prove, we affirm.
1. BACKGROUND
In October 1990, Hammonds fell from a roof while working for his employer, Megman Corporation. Having suffered serious injuries, Hammonds filed a worker’s…
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