Fact-Based Florida Bad Faith: UPDATE.

This updates a post here on November 14, 2009.

  Where under Florida law a Court can hold that the record evidence reflects that the liability insurance company made a legitimate request for the injured claimant's medical records as part of an investigation to determine the claimant's injuries and damages before initiating settlement negotiations, delay in offering a $15,000.00 Policy Limit was held reasonable and the facts defeated a Bad Faith Claim in Aboy v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Download Aboy v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (S.D. Fla. Case No. 09cv21400 Opinion Filed January 5, 2010) also published as 2010 WL 727967 *4 (S.D. Fla. January 5, 2010), granting Insurance Company's Motion for Sumary Judgment.  The online Docket of this case reflects that an Appeal is pending in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

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