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TWIN CITY FIRE INS. v. COLONIAL LIFE & ACC. INS.

No. 03-14866.

375 F.3d 1097 (2004)

TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, The Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant, v. COLONIAL LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee, Bud Porter, Lucas White, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 29, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Scott, Marci A. Eisenstein, Catherine M. Masters, Neil Lloyd, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Michael S. Jackson, Beers, Anderson, Jackson & Smith, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Bert S. Nettles, Brennan Collins Ohme, London & Yancey, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, for Twin City Fire.

Steven K. Herndon, Gidiere, Hinton & Herndon, Montgomery, AL, for Colonial Life.

Before BLACK and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and STROM, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a judgment in the amount of $75,000 compensatory damages and $675,000 punitive damages against an insurance company which the district court found had acted in bad faith in connection with the settlement of a case against its insured, the defense of which the insurance company had undertaken with a reservation of rights. The alleged act of bad faith involved the insurance company's initial offer to contribute $75,000 toward a large...

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