Bushey v. Allstate Insurance

Plaintiff sued his insurer, defendant Allstate Insurance Company, for bad-faith failure to pay his underinsured motorist claim, following an automobile accident in which the other driver’s insurance covered only part of plaintiff’s damages. He appeals from an order of the Chittenden Superior Court granting defendant’s summary judgment motion. We affirm.

Plaintiff was in a two-car accident in December 1989. The other driver’s insurance company paid plaintiff its policy limit of $20,000 in settlement of his claim, to which defendant, plaintiff’s insurer, consented. Defendant’s insurance policy…