House

MEMORANDUM *

Worldwide Promotional Productions, Inc. (“Worldwide”) appeals the district court’s order entering judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (“State *685 Farm”) in Worldwide’s action for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. We agree with the district court that Worldwide presented no evidence that State Farm acted unreasonably in handling Worldwide’s claim, and we therefore affirm.

DISCUSSION

Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we repeat them only as necessary to explain our decision. We have jurisdiction over this appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court’s decision to grant judgment as a matter of law. See, e.g., LaLonde v. County of Riverside, 204 F.3d 947, 959 (9th Cir.2000). Judgment as a matter of law is proper if the evidence at trial permits only one reasonable conclusion when viewed in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. See id.

“[B]efore an insurer can be found to have acted tortiously (i.e. in bad faith), for its delay or denial in the payment of policy benefits, it must be shown that the insurer acted unreasonably or without proper cause.”…