CARRUBA v. TRANSIT CASUALTY COMPANY

No. 20704.

443 F.2d 260 (1971)

Joe CARRUBA, Administrator of the Estate of Norman Carruba, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANSIT CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

May 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Greene, Jr., Harlan, Ky. (Greene & Forester, Harlan, Ky., on the brief), for appellant.

Charles E. Duncan, Louisville, Ky. (Duncan & Lehnig, Louisville, Ky., Roy E. Tooms, Jr., Brown & Tooms, London, Ky.), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and PECK and BROOKS, Circuit Judges.


BROOKS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict denying recovery to plaintiff-appellant, Joe Carruba, administrator of his father's estate, upon the claim that defendant-appellee, Transit Casualty Company, acted in bad faith in failing to settle an automobile accident claim within the $10,000 limits of his father's insurance policy.1 In the state trial arising from the automobile accident, the jury returned a verdict finding...

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