HILLMAN v. NATIONWIDE MUT. FIRE INS. CO.

No. S-4555.

855 P.2d 1321 (1993)

John A. HILLMAN and Janet Hillman, individually and Janet Hillman as Personal Representative of the Estate of Julie G. Hillman, a deceased minor, Appellants, v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Schneider, Mestas & Schneider, P.C., Anchorage, for appellants.

Peter J. Maassen, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

John and Janet Hillman sued their insurer, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Nationwide), for bad faith in the handling of their uninsured motorist claim filed after the death of their daughter. The superior court granted Nationwide's motion to dismiss the claim, concluding that the insurer's decisions to deny coverage and to demand arbitration were reasonable. The Hillmans appeal this decision along with the trial...

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