POWELL v. PRUDENTIAL PROPERTY & CAS. INS. CO.

No. 89-2014.

584 So.2d 12 (1991)

Lindeerth POWELL, Appellant, v. PRUDENTIAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freidin, Hirsh & Green and Barbara Green and Philip Freidin, Miami, for appellant.

Loughren & Doyle, Richard A. Sherman, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

A directed verdict was entered for the insurer at the conclusion of the plaintiff's case in this action for bad faith failure to settle an insurance claim. The question presented is whether evidence that the claimant made no specific monetary demand, and subsequently rejected the insurer's tender of the policy limits, entitle the insurer to a judgment as a matter of law without consideration of other circumstances. We hold that those facts are only two...

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