Opinion ID: 2585831
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Alleged Bad Faith Misrepresentation of Policy Limits

Text: The Ellweins further claim that Hartford committed bad faith by misleading their attorney regarding the UIM policy limits. However, the sum total of the Ellweins' evidence of the misrepresentation is their attorney's bare assertion that Hartford misled him. The Ellweins fail to provide any context for this alleged misrepresentation, nor any evidence that the Ellweins were denied access to the policy, which clearly stated the UIM policy limits. Consequently, this unsupported allegation of misrepresentation was properly dismissed. See Trimble v. Wash. State Univ., 140 Wash.2d 88, 93, 993 P.2d 259 (2000) (bare assertions will not defeat summary judgment motion).