Bass v. California Life Ins. Co.

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 adjuster or agent of an insurer “does not owe the insured a fiduciary duty nor a duty to act in good faith”
• holding that while adjusters are not liable to insureds for simple negligence in adjusting claims, they can incur liability when their conduct constitutes gross negligence, malice, or reckless disregard for insureds’ rights
• adjuster not liable to insured for simple negligence, but can incur liability for gross negligence, malice, or reckless disregard
• “adjuster does not owe the insured a fiduciary duty nor a duty to act in good faith.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).