Thorn v. American States Insurance

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Rex and Martha Thorn, Diesel Repower, and Thorn’s Diesel Service, Inc., bring this lawsuit against defendant American States Insurance Company, seeking damages for state-law claims of breach of contract and bad-faith refusal to investigate or provide defense costs and indemnity coverage. This cause is now before the court on the motion for summary judgment filed by American States, the cross-motion for summary judgment filed by the plaintiffs, and the motion to strike the affidavit of Ron Davenport filed by the plaintiffs. The claims arise…