Legal Opinion
Deese v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided June 25, 1991No. 1 CA-CV 88-540PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McGREGOR, Judge.
Deborah Deese (Deese) brought this action against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) after State Farm refused to pay a portion of medical benefits that Deese claimed were due under an insurance contract. The decisive issue on appeal is whether State Farm, having prevailed on Deese’s claim for breach of contract, could be found liable for the tort of bad faith.
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Deese purchased an automobile insurance policy from State Farm. The policy provision pertaining to medical benefits provided:
We will pay reasonable medical expenses, for bodily injury…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Rawlings v. ApodacaArizona Supreme Court · 1986
- Sparks v. Republic National Life InsuranceArizona Supreme Court · 1982
- Noble v. National American Life InsuranceArizona Supreme Court · 1981
- Brown v. Superior Court in & for Maricopa Cy.Arizona Supreme Court · 1983
- Bradshaw v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceArizona Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Deese v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceArizona Supreme Court · 1992
- Hutchinson v. Farm Family Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
- Victor v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.District Court, D. Alaska · 1992
- Windmill Distributing Co., L.P. v. Hartford Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2010
- Hutchinson v. Farm Family Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
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