California Court of Appeal

A tort remedy will not be found for an insurer's alleged bad faith actions in non-claims administration of an insurance policy, consistent with the Supreme Court's admonition to exercise great caution in extending the bad faith tort beyond the traditional setting of defending and settling claims under an insurance contract.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/14/2002
• Published 05/14/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Richard A. Brown and E. Randol Schoenberg;  Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Irving H. Greines, Robin Meadow, Beverly Hills, Tyna Thall Orren, Pasadena, and Peter O. Israel, Beverly Hills, for Plaintiff and Appellant and Cross-defendant and Appellant., McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, James P. Wagoner, Fresno, and Wendy S. Loyd, for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant Freddie Jones and Cross-complainants and Appellants Mildred Jones and Fred Jones Trucking, Inc., Emerson, Corey & Barsotti, Fresno, for Cross-defendant and Respondent.