Camus v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Opinion by

Judge J. JONES.

In this insurance bad faith case, plaintiffs, Macario Camus and Kristen Camus, appeal the summary judgment for defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, on the basis of claim preclusion. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I. Facts

The summary judgment record is sparse, consisting primarily of briefs in which the parties argue various inferences from and legal conclusions based on allegations of the complaint, but without presenting evidence as to the underlying facts. In granting summary judgment, the trial court took judicial notice of the…