Hessley v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

The plaintiffs herein appeal a final judgment entered on an adverse jury verdict in their insurance by estoppel, bad faith refusal to settle action below. We affirm.

First, no error was committed in denying the plaintiffs’ motions for directed verdict below. The claim here was that the defendant Travelers Indemnity Company was negligent in not denying insurance coverage at the outset of this case and in proceeding to defend the subject claim when there was no coverage, and that had Travelers denied coverage at the outset, the plaintiffs would have settled this case with the putative insured…