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132362P.pdf   06/22/2015  Ben Purscell  v.  Tico Insurance Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-2362
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [PUBLISHED] Civil case - Insurance. In action alleging plaintiff's insurer 
   acted in bad faith by failing to settle a third-party claim against 
   plaintiff within the policy limits, the district court did not err in 
   granting summary judgment for the insurer as its attempt to reach a global 
   settlement was not evidence of bad faith and it properly filed an 
   interpleader action to divide the available policy limits as soon as it 
   was clear that it could not reach a global settlement given the 
   conflicting claims against plaintiff; nor was there evidence that the 
   insurer had a reasonable opportunity to settle the largest claim within 
   the policy limits.