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· 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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