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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Marcus finds that a panel of the 11th Circuit vacates its previous opinion in the case in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dupree v. Younger and substitutes the instant opinion, which again finds that the district court properly denied the primary insurer's motions for summary judgment or judgment as a matter of law in a bad faith action brought by the subcontractor's insurer. The action arose after the subcontractor's insurer and a third insurance company paid to settle an individual's claim for paralyzing injuries he suffered while working for the subcontractor. There was sufficient evidence to allow a reasonable jury to find that the primary insurer acted in bad faith by delaying its investigation and initiation of settlement negotiations related to the individual's claim. There was also evidence that the primary insurer's bad faith caused the subcontractor's insurer to pay its policy. Affirmed.