Zebuleon Whitney, Appellant v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee

Summary

The court held that State Farm did not breach its duty to settle by rejecting the bicyclist's conditional settlement offer and timely tendering the applicable policy limits. However, the superior court improperly entered summary judgment beyond that narrow issue and dismissed other duty-to-settle claims that were not presented in State Farm's motion. The court affirmed on the rejection-and-tender issue, reversed the overbroad portion of the order, and remanded for further proceedings.