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Parties Involved:
Allstate Insurance Company
Appellee
Raymond Nelson
Appellant
Shirley Nelson
Appellant

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United States Court of Appeals 

T emh Circuit 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

AUG 2 '/ 1990 

&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

RAYMOND NELSON and SHIRLEY NELSON, ) 

husband and wife, ) 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

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ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, an 

Illinois corporation, licensed 

to do business in Oklahoma, 

Defendant-Appellee. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT * 

No. 90-5002 

(D.C . No. 88-C-1424-B) 

(N.D . Oklahoma) 

Be.fore LOGAN, SEYMOUR, and TACHA, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, . this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. ~. App. P . . 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. 

Plaintiffs Raymond and Shirley Nelson appeal the district 

court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Allstate Insurance 

Company on their claim against Allstate for its alleged bad faith 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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in refusing to investigate, handle and pay an uninsured motorist 

policy claim. A claim arose out of a three-car accident in which 

plaintiffs were injured. By settlement and litigation, the 

plaintiffs prevailed against one of the drivers. The other driver 

was uninsured, and plaintiffs' claim is predicated upon 

establishing some contributory negligence on the part of that 

uninsured driver. The district court found, deciding crossmotions for summary judgment, that plaintiffs could not make out a 

showing of bad faith on the part of Allstate sufficient to sustain 

a cause of action. 

We have examined the record and the cases which set forth the 

standards to be applied, including Everaard v. Hartford Accident & 

Indem. Co., 842 F.2d 1186 (10th Cir. 1988); Uptegraft v. Home Ins. 

Co., 662 P.2d 681 (Okla. 1980); Keel v. MFA, Inc., 553 P.2d 153 

(Okla. 1976), and we are in agreement with the district court's 

conclusion. 1 

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AFFIRMED. 

Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan Circuit Judge 

Plaintiffs' motion for authorization to include depositions in 

the record is granted. In deciding this appeal the court has 

reviewed the pertinent parts of those depositions, which were 

submitted to the district court as exhibits to a brief. 

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