AMERICAN FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY v. DAVIS

No. D-180.

146 So.2d 615 (1962)

AMERICAN FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, a Corporation Organized and Existing under the Laws of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. J.T. DAVIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

November 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keen, O'Kelley & Spitz, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Ausley, Ausley, McMullen, O'Bryan, Michaels & McGehee, Tallahassee, for appellee.


RAWLS, Judge.

This is a "negligent and bad faith refusal to settle" case, the complaint having been brought by the insured J.T. Davis against his insurer, American Fire & Casualty Company. Davis recovered a jury verdict in the sum of $13,232.23, from which American Fire has appealed.

There is no real dispute as to the facts. On October 15, 1959, Patricia Ann Davis, 19, while driving her father's automobile from Tallahassee to Quincy, attempted to pass...

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