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Myers v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Myers v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan

Myers v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins., 165 N.W.2d 308 (Mich. Ct. App. 1968)
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Court
Michigan Court of Appeals · State Appellate Courts
Decided
November 26, 1968
Docket
No. 3,370
Judges
Fitzgerald, Burns, Robinson
Citations
165 N.W.2d 30814 Mich. App. 2771968 Mich. App. LEXIS 899
Cited by 7

Opinion — Per Curiam

Per Curiam.

The facts as stipulated to the trial court show that plaintiff Myers sharecropped for one Talt and his wife whose barn was burned while plaintiff was unloading baled straw into it. Defendant, at the time, insured Myers under a liability policy, by the terms of which it denied coverage. Talt sued Myers for the loss of the barn. In that suit wherein the insurance company refused to defend Myers, judgment was entered for Talt in an amount which exceeded the policy limits. Talt garnisheed the insurance company on the judgment *278 and the trial court in those proceedings found coverage under the policy. Defendant company thereupon paid the judgment up to the policy limits. Plaintiff herein sued for the excess of the judgment over the policy limits and the trial court based its judgment for defendant on a finding that there was no bad faith on the part of defendant in its refusal to defend or settle the claim against plaintiff herein.

City of Wakefield v. Globe Indemnity Co.

(1929), 246 Mich 645 , represents the Michigan view which casts the burden upon the plaintiff to show bad faith on the part of the insurer, and the record showing no such bad faith, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed with costs to defendant.

Fitzgerald, P. J., and R. B. Burns and Robinson, JJ., concurred.

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1970: 11972: 11973: 11974: 11980: 11982: 219702026peak 1982 · 2

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  1. Stockdale v. Jamison297 N.W.2d 708 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980)
  2. Maynard v. Sauseda329 N.W.2d 774 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982)
  3. Larry Luke, Individually v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, American Family Mutual Insurance Company v. Larry Luke, Individually476 F.2d 1015 (8th Cir. 1973)
  4. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Allstate Insurance9 Cal. App. 3d 508 (1970)
  5. Stockdale v. Jamison330 N.W.2d 389 (Mich. 1982)
  6. Gordon v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance285 N.E.2d 849 (N.Y. 1972)

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  1. Stockdale v. Jamison330 N.W.2d 389 (Mich. 1982)
  2. Maynard v. Sauseda329 N.W.2d 774 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982)
  3. Stockdale v. Jamison297 N.W.2d 708 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980)
  4. Knobloch v. Royal Globe Insurance46 A.D.2d 278 (1974)
  5. Larry Luke, Individually v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, American Family Mutual Insurance Company v. Larry Luke, Individually476 F.2d 1015 (8th Cir. 1973)
  6. Gordon v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance285 N.E.2d 849 (N.Y. 1972)

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City of Wakefield v. Globe Indem. Co., 225 N.W. 643 (Mich. 1929) 72

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