Legal Opinion
Spansel v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided January 6, 2010No. Cause 1:08cv1516-LG-RHWPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
LOUIS GUIROLA, JR., District Judge.
BEFORE THE COURT is Defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [35]. Plaintiffs Charles and Janet Spansel brought this bad faith action arising from the Hurricane Katrina damage to their vacation home. State Farm argues (1) it had a legitimate, arguable basis for denial of the claim, (2) State Farm did not act willfully, maliciously, with gross negligence, or in reckless disregard, (3) the Fifth Circuit has rejected the declaratory…
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