· 7/8/1996
Reeder v. American Economy Insurance
Citations
- 88 F.3d 892
- 44 Fed. R. Serv. 1428
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 16249
- 1996 WL 379782
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that an insurer taking just over three months to evaluate a claim and tender a settlement offer was timely and not in bad faith
- holding that three months to evaluate a claim after the court determined liability “was hardly a delay and certainly not in bad faith”
- emphasizing, in the abuse-of-discretion context, the need for the district court to provide a “reasoned explanation” for its discretionary judgment
- refusing to find bad faith where insurer tendered a settlement offer over three months after liability was established
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Judges: Kelly, Logan, Engel
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