Legal Opinion
Bourget v. Government Employees Insurance Company
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 4, 1970No. Civ. 12532PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Chief Judge.
In this diversity action, Gerald E. Bourget (“Bourget”), the judgment creditor of defendant’s insured (“Thompson”), and Security Insurance Company of Hartford (“Security”), the compensation carrier of Bourget’s employer, seek to recover against Government Employees Insurance Company (“GEICO”) for its alleged bad faith failure to settle Bourget’s claim against Thompson. Plaintiffs assert their rights under Conn. Gen.Stat. § 38-175. In a previous opinion, this Court held that such claim may be maintained. 1 For the reasons stated below, the Court grants the instant motions…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Melville Harris, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Leonard Massello and William Massello v. Standard Accident and Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Pinkey White v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966
- Young v. American Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Bourget v. Government Employees InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1969
- Alice Kathryn Henderson and David Henderson v. Selective Insurance Company, Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, Dorothy Moore and Josephine Hayes v. Selective Insurance Company, Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, Alice Kathryn Henderson and David Henderson v. Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant. Dorothy Moore and Josephine Hayes v. Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Joanne Beckham v. Safeco Insurance Company of America, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Jerome Fortson v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Paz R. Hernandez v. The Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Billy Wayne Broyles, Linn M. Broyles v. Herman D. Bayless, Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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