Gus A. Bennett v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Gus A. Bennett v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Gus A. Bennett, appeals from the district court’s entry of summary judgment against him on his claim of bad faith refusal to pay his direct insurance claim. Cross-appellant, Mutual of Omaha (Mutual), appeals from the district court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment on Bennett’s breach of contract claim. For the reasons that follow, we affirm each of the district court’s orders.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Relevant Facts

Gus Bennett owns and works in a cafe in Birmingham, Alabama. Following robberies in 1986 and 1987, he began suffering from nausea and…