Mathis vs. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Year 1998
Court U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
Case Number 98-36001
Issue
  • Bad Faith
State
  • Washington

Court should unequivocally declare that the termination of an insurance company employee for refusal to engage in bad faith conduct contravenes a clear mandate of public policy and subjects the insurance company employer to liability in tort for wrongful discharge.

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Author UP's brief was written pro bono by David A. Paige, Esq., Eugene R. Anderson, Esq., Lee M. Epstein, Esq. of Anderson Kill & Olick, PC, Calvin C. Thur, Esq. of Thur & O'Sullivan, and Amy Bach, Esq.
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