STATE AUTO PROPERTY AND CAS. INS. CO. v. HARGIS

No. 13-5020.

785 F.3d 189 (2015)

STATE AUTO PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lori HARGIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Tia J. Combs , Fowler Bell PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant. Michael Griffin , Vanderbilt Appellate Litigation Clinic, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Tia J. Combs, Barry Miller , Fowler Bell PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant. Alistair E. Newbern , Vanderbilt Appellate Litigation Clinic, Nashville, Tennessee, Edmund Sauer , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: GUY, MOORE, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This appeal presents two related issues: (1) whether it was error for the district court to dismiss the claim asserted by the insurance company against its insured for "reverse bad faith" because it has not been recognized in Kentucky (or any other jurisdiction); and (2) whether this court should...

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