Geico hit with $2M post-apportion award in bad faith suit

Is an insurance company really liable for bad-faith when it alleges that it had no notice of a claim? See what one Georgia jury decided.

By Greg Land | June 29, 2018 at 06:00 AM

A federal jury in Columbus, Ga., delivered a post-apportionment award of more than $2 million against Geico insurance in a bad-faith failure to settle a case stemming from an accident in which a bicyclist was struck by a motorist.

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Greg Land covers topics including verdicts and settlements and insurance-related litigation for the Daily Report in Atlanta.

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