Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Date unavailable
Bryan Roy Escabusa vs. Safe Auto Insurance Company
Bryan Roy Escabusa appealed the circuit court's grant of summary judgment to Safe Auto Insurance Company on his cross-claim for bad faith failure to settle. Escabusa argued that the circuit court made unsupported findings and that a genuine dispute of fact existed regarding Safe Auto's bad faith in rejecting a settlement opportunity within policy limits. The appellate court affirmed, concluding that the challenged findings did not constitute reversible error and that Safe Auto did not act in bad faith because Mueller's purported settlement offer was not sufficiently definite.