· 7/29/2005
Bellville v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.
Citations
- 702 N.W.2d 468
- 2005 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 104
- 2005 WL 1790609
How courts have described this case
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- holding no action for bad faith will exist if, as a matter of law, the decision of the company was fairly debatable
- holding that having one is a defense to a bad-faith claim
- holding claim was fairly debatable because experts had different conclusions regarding cause of vehicle accident
- holding no action for bad faith will exist if, as a matter of law, the decision of the company was fairly debatable
- stating that a \claim is 'fairly debatable' when it is open to dispute on any logical basis\
- explaining that “an insurance company simply cannot be expected, □ at its peril, to predict the exact amount a jury will award’
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Judges: Ternus, Larson
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