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LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. BENNETT

No. 4D06-1082.

939 So.2d 1113 (2006)

LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Petitioner, v. HARVEY D. BENNETT, as Personal Representative of the Estate of SANDRA L. BENNETT, deceased, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 4, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory M. Keyser and Donna M. Krusbe of Billing, Cochran, Heath, Lyles, Mauro & Anderson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Michael B. Davis of Paxton & Smith, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

KLEIN, J.

Respondent Bennett brought this suit against Liberty Mutual, his own insurer, as a result of an accident in which his wife's death was caused by an uninsured tortfeasor. After a jury verdict which was greater than the policy limits on the UM claim, Bennett filed this first-party bad faith action under section 624.155, Florida Statutes (1997). Bennett then obtained an order from the trial court requiring Liberty Mutual to produce its entire claims file, overruling...

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