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Progressive Express Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Olivia Oney, Appellee.
Affirmed. See Harmon v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 232 So. 2d 206, 207-08 (Fla. 2d DCA 1970) (“It is generally held that where multiple claims arise out of one accident, the liability insurer has the right to enter reasonable settlements[.] ․ [T]he policy [is] encouraging compromises and speedy settlements[.]” (Emphasis added)); Aldana v. Progressive Am. Ins. Co., 828 Fed. Appx. 663, 671 (11th Cir. 2020) (“Moreover, by the end of April 2014, more than four months after the collision, Progressive's pursuit of a global settlement had gone nowhere․ Progressive ․ failed to act with ‘any haste in attempting to get this matter resolved[.]’ ”); Farinas v. Fla. Farm Bureau Gen. Ins. Co., 850 So. 2d 555, 561 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (“[The insurer] could have elected to follow a strategy of settlement with selected claimants, if that policy were reasonable. The reasonableness of that policy is also a question for the jury[.]”); Moultrop v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., 304 So. 3d 1, 7 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) (“[T]he question of whether an insurer has acted in bad faith in handling claims against the insured is determined under the ‘totality of the circumstances standard.’ ”); Harvey v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., 259 So. 3d 1, 7 (Fla. 2018) (“[T]he focus in a bad faith case is not on the actions of the claimant but rather on those of the insurer in fulfilling its obligations to the insured.” (quoting Harvey v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., 259 So. 3d 1,7 (Fla. 2018))).
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Docket No: No. 3D24-1618
Decided: May 28, 2025
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
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