General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. Little

How courts have described this case

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• finding insurer did not give equal consideration to insured because evidence showed it believed it had high probability of losing lawsuit and recognized likelihood of excess exposure
• finding insurer did not give equal consideration to insured because evidence showed it believed it had high probability of losing lawsuit and recognized likelihood of excess exposure
• lower court did not err in refusing to give instruction on clear and convincing burden of proof for \bad faith\ claim; the proper standard was the preponderance of the evidence
• insurer liable for $12,500.00 judgment against insured even though policy limit was $5,000.00 where insurer refused to settle for $4,000.00
• A judgment creditor in a garnishment proceeding has no direct right to maintain an action based on bad faith in an insurer's dealing with its policyholder.
• a primary insurer must evaluate a claim “as though it alone would be responsible for the payment of any judgment rendered”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).