Beck v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that insurer has implied duty of good faith and fair dealing to insured based on insurance contract
• noting that a “broad range” of damages “in excess of the policy limits” may be “foreseeabl[e]” and “provable” in the Implied-Covenant context, because “an insured frequently faces catastrophic consequences if funds are not available within a reasonable period of time to cover an insured loss”
• summary judgment for insurer overturned where delay was unexplained, no evidence of investigation was presented by insurer, and expert on claims adjustment stated that delay had been in bad faith
• giving examples of fraud and intentional and outrageous conduct
• “This distinction is of no small consequence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).