A 'Gotcha Tactic'?: Court of Appeals to Hear 'Bad Faith' Settlement Claim Dispute at Oral Argument

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According to the defendant-appellants, the plaintiff’s demand was emblematic of a “set-up” offer by which an “attorney could try to avoid a policy-limits settlement by sending a needlessly complicated demand with a myriad of confusing and seemingly trivial terms designed to elicit a rejection.”