Albert H. Wohlers & Co. v. Bartgis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an administrator that billed and collected premiums, paid and adjudicated claims, and shared in the insurer’s profits was involved in a joint venture with the insurer and therefore suscep- tibie to claims of bad faith
• finding that jury had substantial evidence 19 to support bad faith claim after hearing evidence that insurance company concealed from insured 20 a clause indicating significant reduction in coverage
• finding that justifiable reliance is an essential element of a fraud claims
• approving jury instruction describing clear and convincing evidence as “evidence which is beyond a mere preponderance of the evidence”
• finding unfair practices where the insurer acted unreasonably in denying the claim through an absurd interpretation of the policy and failed to offer a reasonable explanation for the denial of coverage
• order denying post-judgment motion for post-judgment interest on punitive damages not appealable as special order, but appeal construed as one from final judgment that failed to award post-judgment interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).