Biegler v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that an insurer has a duty to defend a suit when it has a duty to defend on one claim even if other claims fall outside of its duty to defend
• finding “no cause for concern [ ] where the punitive award is merely four times that of the compensatory award”
• recognizing the availability of punitive damages in deceit action
• “Whether [the insurer’s conduct was vexatious or without reasonable cause is a question of fact, reviewed by this [C]ourt under the clearly erroneous standard.”
• “Whether [the insurer]’s conduct was vexatious or without reasonable cause is a question of fact, reviewed by this [C]ourt under the clearly erroneous standard.”
• “As we have already held, the evidence supports a jury finding of deceit. This alone is a sufficient basis upon which the jury’s award of punitive damages is justified.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).