Dey v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

Daniel Dey appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company on his claim of bad faith, and also its grant of State Farm’s motion to amend the judgment entered after a jury verdict on compensatory damages. We AFFIRM.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In October 2009, Dey’s vehicle was struck from the rear by a police officer’s vehicle in Gulfport, Mississippi. At the .time of the accident, Dey had uninsured motorist (“UM”) benefits in the amount of $100,000. Under Mississippi law, the police officer was…