Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 — A policy limitation justified Geicos denial of underinsured-motorist benefits in the case of a woman killed in a car accident while riding as a passenger in her own vehicle, a California appeals court has ruled. The 3rd District Court of Appeals ruling, called a peremptory writ of mandate, reverses a trial courts denial of summary judgment dismissal of a bad-faith claim against the insurer and claims adjuster Maria Peralta. The case stems from a 2005 single-car accident that killed Phyllis Nordstrom.