Van Noy v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Insurers have a general duty of good faith in dealing with their insureds. Here, in a class action lawsuit, the representatives of the class (hereinafter rep*489resentatives) have met their initial burden of producing issues of material fact concerning the good faith handling of the claims sufficient to survive summary judgment. In addition, a quasi-fiduciary relationship exists between an insurer and its insured. Here, there is also a question of fact as to whether State Farm Insurance Companies (State Farm) sufficiently disclosed pertinent facts to enable its insureds to protect their interests…