Bad Faith Blog
May 9, 2017
Wisconsin Insurer’s Thorough, Adequate, and Timely Investigation and Proper Settlement Negotiation Tactics Bar Bad Faith and Statutory Pre-Judgment Interest Claims
Elizabeth Baires was in a car accident with an underinsured driver while insured by State Farm. After State Farm consented to settling with the underinsured motorist for its $100,000 limits, plaintiff and her husband demanded that State Farm settle her claims for the $200,000 UIM stacked limits. State Farm refused her demand, leading to plaintiff and her husband filing suit for breach of contract, loss of consortium, and bad faith refusal to pay plaintiff’s claim. Thereafter, the federal district court granted State Farm’s motion for partial summary judgment on the bad faith claim.