Greene v. Truck Insurance Exchange

SWANSTROM, Judge.

This is a lawsuit against an insurance company by an insured who claims that the company wrongfully failed to pay a loss covered by his policy. He seeks to recover not only the amount of the loss but also damages for the company’s alleged breach of an implied covenant of good faith, its alleged commission of a tort of bad faith, and its alleged violation of the Idaho Unfair Settlement Practices Act. The district court entered summary judgment against the insured on all these issues, leaving him with no recovery. For reasons explained in today’s opinion, we uphold the summary…