Tackett v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a “get tough” attitude towards claim processing may evidence bad faith, but will not support punitive damages
• explaining that punitive damages for a breach of contract are available in the insurance context on the same bases as they would be available in the tort context
• discussing that bad faith claims, under Delaware law, are cognizable as breach of contract actions but may also warrant an award of punitive damages where there is a showing of intentional, malicious, or reckless indifference underlying the breach
• applying the punitive damages state of mind framework in the insurance context
• considering post-suit conduct by State Farm to support bad faith claim
• considering post-suit conduct by State Farm to support bad faith claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).