GEICO insurance office/photo by Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock.com Geico insurance office. (Photo by Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock.com)

In a case stemming from a fatal car accident a dozen years ago, a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court backed a jury's conclusion that Geico General Insurance Co. acted in "bad faith" in the way it handled a customer's claim.

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