Your Aug. 29 article “Georgia Chamber Sides With Nationwide Over Bad-Faith Judgment” highlights only the latest in an orchestrated campaign of dubious claims made by the Georgia Chamber and the insurance industry over the years. The article quotes the Chamber’s claim that the Camacho v. Nationwide case is an example of a “recent epidemic of bad-faith litigation in Georgia.” We decided to take a closer look at the facts of this so-called “prime example.”
As it turns out, the case now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is a prime example, but not one that is so recent, and not one that supports the premise the Chamber or its valued member Nationwide Insurance Co. would have you believe. The facts of the case are perhaps best summarized by the trial court—not by the Georgia Chamber, Nationwide, or even the surviving family:
