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GENERAL ACC. FIRE & LIFE v. AMERICAN CAS. CO.

No. 79-1234.

390 So.2d 761 (1980)

GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD., Appellant, v. AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PA., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corlett, Merritt, Killian & Sikes and Linda Loomis Shelley, Miami, for appellant.

Podhurst, Orseck & Parks and Joel D. Eaton and Walter H. Beckham, Jr., Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.

BASKIN, Judge.

John Brown, Jr., was sued when a neighbor's young child drowned in his pool. Following an adverse jury verdict resulting in a settlement of $690,000, the pool owner's excess insurance carrier, American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, sued the primary insurance carrier, General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd., for General Accident's bad faith refusal to negotiate and settle the parents' claims. General Accident appeals an...

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