Florida justices deal blow to insurer in 'bad faith' dispute

The 4-3 ruling came in a multimillion-dollar case that has been watched by the insurance industry and trial attorneys.

By Jim Saunders | September 24, 2018 at 06:00 AM

In a case stemming from a fatal car accident a dozen years ago, a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court backed a jury's conclusion that Geico General Insurance Co. acted in "bad faith" in the way it handled a customer's claim.

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