City of Glendale v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

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• holding that “in order to avoid a directed verdict, the non-movant must establish a prima facie case,” that is, “there must be evidence sufficient to justify, although not necessarily compel, an inference of liability”
• no bad faith where insurer’s refusal to settle was based on an adequate investigation which revealed settlement value less than the settlement offer
• no bad faith where insurer's refusal to settle was based on an adequate investigation which revealed settlement value less than the settlement offer
• insured can bring bad faith claim against insurer which refuses to settle in good faith

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).