Maslo v. Ameriprise Auto & Home Ins. CA2/4
This case is before us a second time. Appellant Ted Maslo sustained injuries following a 2008 traffic accident involving an uninsured motorist. Appellant sought payment from his insurer, respondent IDS Casualty Property Insurance Company (IDS), for the full $250,000 policy limit, which IDS refused. The parties arbitrated the uninsured motorist claim in 2011, and appellant was awarded $164,120.91. Subsequently, appellant filed a complaint against IDS, alleging that IDS had breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing by unreasonably delaying payment and forcing appellant to arbitrate his claim. After the trial court sustained IDS’s demurrer to the complaint, appellant appealed. We concluded that allegations pleaded in the complaint set forth a cause of action for insurer bad faith, and reversed. (See Maslo v. Ameriprise Auto & Home Ins. Co. (2014) 227 Cal.App.4th 626.)
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