3043 An insured cannot defeat an insurer's right to reimbursement for money it pays to settle a claim that subsequently may be declared to be non-covered by refusing to consent to settlement conditioned on that right while, at the same time, asserting that if the insurer does not settle, it may subsequently be subject to an action for bad faith.CitationBLUE RIDGE v JACOBSEN (Reimbursement) 24 C4 489 [See: Blue Ridge v Jacobsen 197 F3 1008; Montrose v Admiral 10 C4 645, T/AT 8/95;Truck Ins v Superior Court 51 CA4 985, T/AT 2/97; Gray v Zurich 65 C2 263; American Motorists v Allied-Sysco 19 CA4 1342, T/AT 1/94; Johansen v CSAA 15 C3 9; Buss v Superior Court 16 C4 35, T/AT 8/97; Val's v Allstate 53 CA3 576]
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