PAVIA v. STATE FARM INS.


183 A.D.2d 189 (1992)

Frank Pavia, Respondent, et al., Plaintiffs, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

October 26, 1992


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rivkin, Radler, Bayh, Hart & Kremer, Uniondale (Edward J. Hart, Evan H. Krinick, Matthew Jay Weiss and John M. Denby of counsel), for appellant.

Schapiro & Reich, Lindenhurst (Steven M. Schapiro and Perry S. Reich of counsel), for respondent.

MILLER, COPERTINO and PIZZUTO, JJ., concur.


THOMPSON, J. P.

The principal question before us is whether the evidence adduced at the trial established that the defendant insurance carrier acted in "bad faith" by allegedly failing to act within a reasonable time upon a settlement offer made by the plaintiff Frank Pavia's attorney in the underlying personal injury action. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the jury could properly have found that...

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