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MENEFEE v. SCHURR

No. 79A02-0010-CV-639.

751 N.E.2d 757 (2001)

John M. MENEFEE and Sarah M. Menefee, Appellants-Plaintiffs, v. Jonathan Lee SCHURR and Metlife Auto & Home, Appellees-Defendants, Lorren L. Minick, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. Mark E. Ransom and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellees-Plaintiffs, Brenda S. Hull and Hal C. Hull, Appellants-Plaintiffs, v. Robert J. McDonough and Allstate Insurance Company, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

June 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Cooke, J. Aaron Cooke, The Cooke Law Office, Richard O. Bovey, The Bovey Law Office, Lafayette, for Appellants.

Richard M. Davis, Jack A. Kramer, Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP, Karl L. Mulvaney, Nana Quay-Smith, Candace L. Sage, Merrillville, for Appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Robert B. Clemens, George T. Patton, M. Miles Sukovic, Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, Indianapolis, for Appellee Allstate Insurance Company.

Julia Blackwell Gelinas, Steven J. Strawbridge, Dean R. Brackenridge, Locke Reynolds LLP, Indianapolis, for Appellee Metlife Auto & Home.

John C. Trimble, Richard K. Shoultz, A. Richard M. Blaiklock, Lewis & Wagner, Indianapolis, for Amicus Curiae Insurance Institute of Indiana, Inc.

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

The appellants contend that they are presenting us with an issue of first impression in this State. Specifically, they ask that we answer the question whether an injured third party may maintain a cause of action directly against an alleged tortfeasor's insurance company for handling a claim in bad faith.

Appellants-plaintiffs John M. Menefee and Sarah M. Menefee (the Menefees), Lorren L. Minick and Brenda and Hal Hull (the...

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