Finney V. Farmers Insurance Co‪.‬

Defendant, Mid-Century Insurance Co., a member of Farmers Insurance Group (herein called Farmers), issued separate policies of insurance covering two automobiles owned by plaintiffs Finney. Both policies contained uninsured motorist coverage of $15,000 for each injury and $30,000 for each accident. After plaintiffs' daughter, Robin, was killed in an automobile collision, the plaintiffs, individually, and Mr. Finney as representative of Robin's estate, brought this action to recover under the uninsured motorist provisions of these policies and sought additional damages for Farmers' alleged bad faith in failing to negotiate or settle their claim. Farmers denied liability and filed a third-party complaint joining Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. who allegedly insured the automobile in which Robin was a passenger. All parties moved for summary judgment.