October 09, 2024
A Ninth Circuit panel appeared conflicted over both Geico and a policyholder's assignees' arguments regarding whether the carrier acted in bad faith toward its insured when it prioritized a release of the insured's father-in-law during failed settlement negotiations with the family of a pedestrian fatally struck by the insured driver.
October 03, 2024
The Ninth Circuit will hear oral arguments Wednesday over whether Geico acted in bad faith when it prioritized a release of its policyholder's father-in-law during failed settlement negotiations with the family of a pedestrian fatally struck by the insured driver, focusing on whether a "permissive-use provision" extended coverage. Here, Law360 breaks down the case in advance.
December 14, 2023
Geico unreasonably refused to settle a wrongful death suit against its policyholder by prioritizing a noninsured party over its actual insured, according to a brief filed in the Ninth Circuit by the parents of a person who died after the policyholder struck him with a vehicle.