Sych v. Insurance Co. of North America

Opinion

STONE, P. J.

May a plaintiff who, at trial, fails to prove an insured defendant’s liability subsequently sue the defendant’s insurers for unfair practices in not attempting, in good faith, to settle the case once liability to plaintiff is “reasonably clear”? It may not. We affirm the judgment of dismissal.

Minor, Alison Rae Sych, by and through Marianne Sych, mother and guardian ad litem, appeals the trial court’s sustaining demurrers of Insurance Company of North America (INA) and Pacific Indemnity (Pacific), *324without leave to amend, on grounds that plaintiff could not state a cause of…