Legal Opinion
David Singer v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 21, 1997No. 95-55441PublishedCited by 724 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
We consider two issues: what constitutes compliance with the amount-in-controversy requirement where state law prohibits setting out of a monetary ad damnum in the complaint and whether judgment on the pleadings disallowing an insurance bad faith claim was proper.
I. FACTS
Mr. Singer was injured in an automobile accident with an uninsured driver. He owned a State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company policy, with uninsured motorist coverage subject to a $30,000 policy limit.
Negotiations between Mr. Singer and State Farm on his uninsured motorist claim did not go…
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