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· 3/30/1989

Aetna Casualty & Surety Co v. Superior Court

Citations

  • 778 P.2d 1333
  • 161 Ariz. 437
  • 31 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 24
  • 1989 Ariz. App. LEXIS 87

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that two courts’ agreement that plaintiff was not covered by policy demonstrated that insurance company had reasonable basis for denying claim
  • finding that two courts’ agreement that plaintiff was not covered by policy demonstrated that insurance company had reasonable basis for denying claim
  • “[T]here are times when the issue of bad faith is not a question appropriate for determination by the jury.”
  • “[T]here are times when the issue 10 of bad faith is not a question appropriate for determination by the jury.”
  • “An insurance company’s failure to adequately investigate only 5 becomes material when a further investigation would have disclosed relevant facts.”
  • ““Whether the insurer ultimately loses its dispute with the insured 24 is not important to the resolution of the bad faith issue.”

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Judges: Haire, Shelley, Greer

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