Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Western National Mutual Insurance
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided March 12, 2012No. CIV 11-4009-RALPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ROBERTO A. LANGE, District Judge.
Plaintiff Daniel Anderson (“Anderson”) filed a complaint against Defendant Western National Mutual Insurance Company (“Western National”) alleging breach of contract and bad faith. Doc. 1. Western National filed a Motion to Bifurcate the breach of contract claim from the first-party bad faith claim and later a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Anderson’s bad faith claim. Doc. 13, 20. For the reasons explained herein, Western National’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is granted, which renders the…
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