HESSLEY v. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO.

No. 83-2105.

468 So.2d 456 (1985)

Myrta E. HESSLEY and Phyllis J. Hammel As Executrices of the Estate of Benjamin C. Hamilton, Deceased, Robert Terry Hamilton and Myrta E. Hessley, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen Martin Hamilton, Deceased, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sams, Ward, Newman, Beckman & Elser, Daniels & Hicks and Elizabeth K. Clarke, Miami, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Corlett, Killian, Hardeman, McIntosh & Levi, Gerald E. Rosser, Miami, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and HUBBART, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs herein appeal a final judgment entered on an adverse jury verdict in their insurance by estoppel, bad faith refusal to settle action below. We affirm.

First, no error was committed in denying the plaintiffs' motions for directed verdict below. The claim here was that the defendant Travelers Indemnity Company was negligent in not denying insurance coverage at the outset of this case and in proceeding to defend the subject claim when...

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