How have courts dealt with a claim for bad faith refusal to settle within policy limits?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Miller v. Superior Court, 111 Cal.App.3d 390, 168 Cal.Rptr. 589 (Cal. App. 1980):
Merritt v. Superior Court, supra, 9 Cal.App.3d 721, 88 Cal.Rptr. 337, was a lawsuit against an insurance company for bad faith refusal to settle within policy limits. In was brought by the injured plaintiff as assignee of the insured's cause of action,
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