Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Kornbluth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• duty owed by the insurer to the insured arises out of the contract between the parties
• the trial court placed a greater burden of proof on the plaintiffs than they were required to carry; the evidence was sufficient under the correct standard
• the most that can be charged against the trial court is that it placed a greater proof burden on insured than he was required to carry which resulted in no prejudice to insurer
• insurer must exercise reasonable care in fulfilling its duty of representation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).