Michigan Court of Appeals· 3/14/2007

Casey v. Auto-Owners Insurance

Citations

729 N.W.2d 277
273 Mich. App. 388

How courts have described this case

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

declining to reform insurance contract where “[insureds] were unilaterally mistaken about the terms of their policy”
denying motion to amend complaint to add bad faith claims because “they fail to state an action independent from [the] breach of contract claim.”
while clear and convincing evidence of a mutual mistake of fact will support reformation of a contract, unilateral mistake will not
“An alleged bad-faith breach of an insurance contract does not state an independent tort claim.”
equitable estoppel “is not a cause of action unto itself; it is available only as a defense.”
“An alleged bad faith breach of an insurance contract does not state an independent tort claim.”

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Judges: Whitbeck, Hoekstra, Wilder

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