Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Beistline on Uninsured Motorist Claim
A 9th Circuit panel has reversed Judge Ralph Beistline’s resolution of a claim that a carrier failed to act in good faith to resolve an uninsured motorist claim. Beistline sat in the Eastern District of California, and applied California state law. The panel held:
“An insurer denying or delaying the payment of policy benefits due to […]