Parker v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance

It is difficult to conceive of what could be more significant in bad-faith litigation than for an insured to be able to determine how other insureds in the same situation were treated by the carrier. The majority has decided that this information is not pertinent and that Parker in this case must give absolute credence to the carrier’s representation that uniform procedures relating to cancellations were followed in this case. I disagree. The essence of litigation is proof— not representations by an adversary of what should have been done. Parker ought not to be bound by what Farm Bureau…