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4417 REVIEW DENIED An insurer owes its insured a duty to make a reasonable investigation of a claim so that it can make a fair evaluation of coverage, and this duty continues to exist after coverage litigation has commenced; having deprived itself of the opportunity to make a fair evaluation, the insurer's failure to make such an investigation prevents the finding that it was not acting in bad faith because it was advancing its position in a genuine dispute.CitationJORDAN v ALLSTATE (Hidden Decay) 148 CA4 1062 [See: Jordan v Allstate 116 CA4 1206, T/AT 4/04; Chateau Chamberay v Associated 90 CA4 335, T/AT 8/01; Morris v Paul Revere Life 109 CA4 966, T/AT 7/03]
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