Is bad faith in the handling of a claim against an insured actionable?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Allen v. Allstate Ins. Co., 656 F.2d 487 (9th Cir. 1981):
Under California law, an insurer's "bad faith" in the handling of a claim against an insured is actionable as a breach of an "implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing" between insurer and insured. Crisci v. Security Ins. Co., 66 Cal.2d 425, 430, 58 Cal.Rptr. 13, 16-17, 426 P.2d 173,
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