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In the recent decision of Martinez v. GEICO Casualty Insurance Company, 2025 WL 2699231 (11th Cir. Sept. 23, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s order granting summary judgment for GEICO Casualty Insurance …

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Illinois does not recognize bad faith as an independent tort. In the first-party context, bad faith is a purely statutory construct which hinges upon whether an insurer’s conduct was “vexatious and unreasonable.” Section 155 of the Illinois Insurance Code (215 …

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