LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. DAVIS

No. 25515.

412 F.2d 475 (1969)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Oliver DAVIS and Lillie Mae Davis, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied and Rehearing Denied May 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Pittman, Charlie Luckie, Jr., John R. Bush, MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, Fla., for appellant.

James W. Cullis, Daniel Scarritt, Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm & Holroyd, Sarasota, Fla., for appellees.

Before WISDOM, GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 30, 1969.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This diversity action is based on an insurance company's alleged bad faith in failing to settle certain personal injury claims within the limits of an insured's automobile liability insurance policy. The distinctive feature of the case is that there were multiple claims against an insolvent insured exceeding the limits of his policy. We affirm the judgment in favor of certain...

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