AMICA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. SANDERS Et Al.

Branch, Judge.

We granted the application of Arnica Mutual Insurance Company (“Arnica”) to determine whether a trial court erred in denying Arnica partial summary judgment as to Ullaine and Stephanie Sanders’ (“plaintiffs”) bad faith claim arising from Arnica’s offer of $716.25 to settle the diminished value of their car after it was hit by Arnica’s insured. Arnica argues that its adjuster’s application of a formula established in the wake of the Supreme Court of Georgia’s decision in State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Mabry, 274 Ga. 498 (556 SE2d 114) (2001), cannot, in the absence of any…