United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for an insurer on a bad faith claim was improper where no medical basis nor contractual reason existed upon which an insurer could deny (to the South Dakota Department of Labor) that an insured was permanently and totally disabled.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/20/2002
• Published 08/20/2002

Judges

• HEANEY, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, HEANEY and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick Ginsbach, argued, Rapid City, SD (Rodney C. Lefholz, Rapid City, SD, on the brief), for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patricia A. Meyers, argued, Rapid City, SD, for appellees.