L. B. Bailey v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Company
This text of 439 F.2d 763 (L. B. Bailey v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Company) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The District Court found as a fact and held as a matter of law that Hardware Mutual Casualty Company was not liable to the plaintiff-appellant for failing to settle a personal injury claim within the limits of an automobile liability insurance policy. The decision is reported, 322 F.Supp. 387 (W.D., La., 1971).
The various maneuvers of counsel in an effort to settle the original damage claim are at the core of the controversy. We have heard oral argument. We have subjected the record and briefs to unusually critical analysis. We are of the opinion that the District Court reached the correct result. We therefore affirm without protracted opinion, see Local Rule 21, Fifth Circuit.
Affirmed.
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