Dirks v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that one element of a bad faith action involving a denial of a UIM claim is that there is no reasonable basis for denying the claim
• holding insurer entitled to directed verdict on bad faith claim where there was conflicting information as to who was at fault in underlying automobile accident
• holding insurer entitled to directed verdict on bad faith claim where there was conflicting information as to who was at fault in underlying automobile accident
• holding insurer entitled to directed verdict on bad faith claim where there was conflicting information as to who was at fault in underlying automobile accident
• several factors provided a reasonable basis for denying insured’s claim for benefits, therefore denial was not in bad faith
• but finding that insurer in that case still had sufficient basis to dis pute liability even in light of additional information

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).