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JONES v. JOHNSON

No. 45,847-CA.

56 So.3d 1016 (2010)

Thomas J. JONES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Bertha J. JOHNSON, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 15, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Briney & Foret, Lafayette, LA by Patrick J. Briney , Kathy L. Smith , for Defendant-Appellant Markel American Ins. Co.

Shotwell, Brown & Sperry, Monroe, LA by C.A. Martin, III , George M. Wear, Jr. , for Plaintiffs-Appellees Thomas J. Jones, Michael Jones and Tammy Williams.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART and PEATROSS, JJ.

STEWART, J.

Markel American Insurance Company ("Markel") and Thomas J. Jones along with his adult children, Michael Jones and Tammy Williams (the "Jones family"), appeal a judgment ordering Markel to pay a penalty of $100,000 and attorney fees of $10,000 due to its bad faith and arbitrary and capricious failure to settle the undisputed amount of an uninsured / underinsured ("UM") claim. Markel asserts that the trial court erred in finding that it had received satisfactory...

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