Legal Opinion

Dennis Lee Kemp v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided October 10, 2017No. 16-15087, 16-15169 Non-Argument CalendarUnpublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

Dennis Kemp brought suit against USAA alleging that USAA acted in bad faith in representing their insured, Andrew Buckman. Andrew Buckman also sued USAA, and the two lawsuits were joined. The district court granted summary judgment to USAA, holding no reasonable jury could conclude that USAA acted in bad faith. Kemp and Buckman timely appealed.

“We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, applying the same legal standards as the district court.” Mesa v. Clarendon Nat’l Ins. Co., 799 F.3d 1353, 1358 (11th Cir. 2015). We “view the evidence in the light most favorable to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. v. GutierrezSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  2. Berges v. Infinity Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 2004
  3. Campbell v. Government Employees Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1974
  4. Bravo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
  5. Carlos Mesa v. Clarendon National Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Baranowski v. Geico Gen. Ins. Co.District Court, M.D. Florida · 2019
  2. Turner v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2025

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