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WIERCK v. GRINNELL MUT. REINSURANCE CO.

No. 89-132.

456 N.W.2d 191 (1990)

James A. WIERCK and William A. Wierck, Appellees, v. GRINNELL MUTUAL REINSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant. Toni O. AGUE and LeRoy Ague, Appellees, v. GRINNELL MUTUAL REINSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore T. Duffield and Michael D. Huppert of Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish, Becker & Ordway, Des Moines, for appellant.

Tom Riley, James E. Bennett and Nestor Lobodiak of Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees Toni Ague and LeRoy Ague.

Nick Critelli of Nick Critelli Associates, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees James A. Wierck and William A. Wierck.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, SCHULTZ, CARTER, and LAVORATO, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

A liability insurance company was sued on a claim of bad faith in failing to settle a prior suit brought against a policyholder. The company appeals following a substantial adverse jury verdict.1 Because we find as a matter of law there was no bad faith, we reverse.

The adverse jury verdict deprives the company of its version of disputed facts, and there were many. See Iowa R.App.P. 14(f)(1) (finding of...

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