Denton Greene and Helen Greene v. Truck

This is a lawsuit against an insurance company by an insured who claims that the company wrongfully failed to pay a loss covered by his policy. He seeks to recover not only the amount of the loss but also damages for the companys alleged breach of an implied covenant of good faith, its alleged commission of a tort of bad faith, and its alleged violation of the Idaho Unfair Settlement Practices Act. The district court entered summary judgment against the insured on all these issues, leaving him with no recovery. For reasons explained in todays opinion, we uphold the summary judgment as to the covenant of good faith, the tort of bad faith and the statutory violation. But we set aside the judgment