AMICA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. SANDERS Et Al.

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• recognizing the “similarity” between OCGA §§ 33-4-6 and 33-4-7, which authorized bad faith claims by insureds and third parties respectively, this Court found “the case law applying OCGA § 33-4-6 to be persuasive in the context” of a bad faith claim brought under OCGA § 33-4-7
• recognizing the \similarity\ between OCGA §§ 33-4-6 and 33-4-7, which authorized bad faith claims by insureds and third parties respectively, this Court found \the case law applying OCGA § 33-4-6 to be persuasive in the context\ of a bad faith claim brought under OCGA § 33-4-7
• “[a]n insurer . . . having any reasonable factual or legal ground” for its conduct can be entitled to summary judgment
• internal USCA11 Case: 21-13174 Date Filed: 02/10/2022 Page: 8 of 8 8 Opinion of the Court 21-13174 quotation marks omitted
• “An insurer thus having any reasonable factual or legal ground for contesting a claim is entitled to summary judgment under either O.C.G.A. § 33-4-6 or § 33-4-7.”
• “Ordinarily, the question of good or bad faith is for the jury[.]”

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