United States Sixth Circuit

Grant of defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings, in a suit arising from defendant-insurer's refusal to pay an insurance claim from a car accident, is reversed in part as to certain first-party bad faith claims based upon post-complaint conduct which were not barred by claim preclusion, and also as to third-party claims under state law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/01/2006
• Published 09/01/2006

Judges

• Before:  SILER, BATCHELDER, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Milton S. Goff, Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, for Appellants.   Peter Matthew Cummins, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Milton S. Goff, Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, for Appellants.  Peter Matthew Cummins, Robert L. Steinmetz, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.