STRAUSS v. FARMERS INS. EXCHANGE

Docket No. A062216.

26 Cal.App.4th 1017 (1994)

31 Cal. Rptr.2d 811

FRANK C. STRAUSS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

June 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Philip D. Minter and Steven C. Duditch for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Raoul D. Kennedy, Kathy M. Banke, Hector J. Chinchilla and Peter L. Shaw for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

REARDON, J.

In this insurance bad faith case, we consider whether an insurer must accept a settlement offer exhausting the policy in exchange for the release of only one of three insureds, leaving the remaining insureds subject to liability for a judgment that may exceed the policy limits. The trial court found no duty to settle under these circumstances, granted summary adjudication for respondent Farmers Insurance Exchange...

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