Levine v. Selective Insurance Co. of America

In this appeal, we consider whether property owners, who are not parties to an insurance contract, have pled a cause of action as third-party beneficiaries against an insurer for breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

I

This case was decided on the defendant’s motion for summary judgment; therefore, we must adopt the facts and inferences from those facts that are most favorable to the non-moving party, unless those inferences are strained, forced, or contrary to reason. Renner v. Stafford, 245 Va. 351, 353, 429 S.E.2d 218, 220 (1993).

Plaintiffs, Barry W. Levine and…