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CHAPMAN v. SAFECO INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. DC87-107-S-O.

722 F.Supp. 285 (1989)

Michael K. CHAPMAN, Next of Kin and an Heir and Administrator of the Estate of Olivia S. Chapman, Deceased, and Henry T. Chapman, Individually and as Wrongful Death Beneficiary of Olivia S. Chapman, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Delta Division.

September 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Cocke, Merkel & Cocke, Clarksdale, Miss., Allen B. Couch, Couch & Travis, Southaven, Miss., for plaintiffs.

K.R. Shuttleworth, Shuttleworth, Smith & Webb, Memphis, Tenn., for defendant.

OPINION

SENTER, Chief Judge.

This case involving a claim of bad faith refusal to pay an insurance claim is before the court for consideration of the defendant's motion for summary judgment and the plaintiffs' cross-motion for summary judgment.

I. FACTS

The undisputed facts are as follows: On February 5, 1986, Olivia Chapman was a passenger in an automobile which her husband, Henry Chapman, was driving along Pleasant Hill Road in Shelby...

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