ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY v. FIVE STAR DYE HOUSE, INC
A case involving an insured individual who assigns a claim for bad faith against the insurer. The assignee brings a tort action against the insurer that includes a claim for wrongfully withheld policy benefits and the assignee may recover attorney fees incurred in the same action that are viewed as attributable to the attorney's efforts to recover the policy benefits that the insurer wrongfully withheld.
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