Court Opinion

ID: 9884248
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 02:49:28.62577+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:36.976367
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*137ROBB, Judge,
concurs with separate opinion.
I concur, but write separately to note my concern regarding Allstate's behavior once the Fieldses amended their complaint to add a bad faith claim against Allstate in March 1997. It seems clear to me that Allstate engaged in a pattern of evasion and delay once it was added as a party defendant. I acknowledge that Allstate's post-litigation behavior cannot be a basis for a bad faith claim already filed. See op. at 134-135. However, I simply note that the result herein is driven by the Fieldses' bad timing in filing their bad faith claim. All other things being equal, the result herein could have been significantly different for Allstate.