United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant-insurer on a claim of bad faith refusal to honor a fire insurance policy is affirmed where no reasonable jury could find that defendant denied plaintiff's claim knowing there was no rational, principled basis for believing that he had been involved in setting the fire.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/31/2006
• Decided 12/05/2006
• Published 12/05/2006

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donna C. Marron (argued), David L. Pippen, Plews, Shadley, Racher & Braun, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karl L. Mulvaney (argued), Dennis F. Cantrell, Bingham McHale, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.