Modesto Paulino v. Chartis Claims, Inc.

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Modesto Paulino sued Chartis Claims, Inc. (“Chartis”) alleging bad-faith denial of insurance benefits. The district court 1 granted Chartis’s motion for summary judgment. Paulino now appeals. We affirm.

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Paulino, while employed by C-Tec, Inc., suffered a spinal-cord injury in a work-related accident that left him permanently paraplegic. Chartis insured C-Tec, Inc. for workers’ compensation claims and paid the costs of Paulino’s medical treatment and rehabilitation services. Following months of medical treatment and intensive rehabilitation, Paulino moved into the Center…