CLAUSS v. FORTUNE INS. CO.

No. 87-1320.

523 So.2d 1177 (1988)

Kevin Patrick CLAUSS, Appellant, v. FORTUNE INSURANCE COMPANY, etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory E. Tucci of Berk & Tucci, P.A., Ocala, for appellant.

Jerri A. Blair of Austin, Lawrence & Landis, Leesburg, for appellee.

Wayne C. McCall of Ayres, Cluster, Curry, McCall & Briggs, P.A., Ocala, for amicus curiae The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.


DANIEL, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court properly determined that Fortune Insurance Company was not liable to the appellant, Kevin Clauss, for bad faith in settling a personal injury claim. We affirm.

Fortune issued a one-year insurance policy to Dennis Forrester, providing bodily injury and property damage liability coverage. Forrester and appellant, Kevin Patrick Clauss, were involved in a traffic accident on June 22, 1985. Clauss...

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