SOSEBEE v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 97-16709.

164 F.3d 1215 (1999)

Linda K. SOSEBEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. VanDerwerken, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the plaintiff-appellant.

W. Randolph Patton, Pearson & Patton, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: BROWNING, GOODWIN and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The principal question on this appeal is whether a Plaintiff who sued her insurance company for bad faith denial of a claim and recovered only part of the relief she sought may bring a separate action alleging that the bad faith handling of the claim continued even after she filed her first action. This appeal raises questions under Nevada law of splitting a cause of action, res judicata, claim preclusion and the effect of failing to appeal a trial court...

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