McDaniel v. Government Employees Insurance Co.

MEMORANDUM *

Defendant-Appellant Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) ap*615peals the judgement entered following the district court’s grant of Plaintiff-Appellee Amy J. McDaniel’s motion for summary judgment and denial of GEICO’s cross-motion for summary judgment on McDaniel’s breach of the implied duty to settle third party lawsuits (implied duty to settle) claim. We review both grants and denials of summary judgment de novo. United States v. Washington, 827 F.3d 836, 849 (9th Cir. 2016).

McDaniel is the assignee of an implied duty to settle claim against GEICO. McDaniel alleges that in…