Hensley v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co., 210 S.W.3d 455 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007) was a Missouri court case which set out the legal test to demonstrate bad faith by an insurer. The plaintiff-respondent won against the defendant, successfully proving that the refusal of to settle his property damage claim after a significant fire was vexatious. The case was discussed in professor Jay M. Feinman's book "Delay, Deny, Defend".