Adams v. Allstate Insurance

ORDER

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION. On October 11, 1988, plaintiff, H.M. Adams, Sr., filed the complaint at bar in Jackson County Circuit Court. His complaint, the facts of which sprang from a May 23, 1988 fire which damaged his residence and its contents, was predicated upon five counts: (1) defendant, Allstate Insurance, failed to pay his claim for damage to his residence; (2) it refused to pay his claim for damage to his personal property; (3) it refused to honor his claim for living expenses incurred following the fire; (4) it denied the foregoing claims in bad faith; and (5)…