Com. v. Franks

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the statutory unreasonable denial and delay provisions at issue did not become effective until August 5, 2008
• “the duty imposed on an insurer is nondelegable, preventing the insurer from escaping liability by delegating tasks to third parties”
• “[A]bsent a financial incentive to deny an insured’s claims or coerce a reduced settlement, a third party that investigates and processes an insurance claim does not owe a duty of good faith and fair dealing to the insured.”
• “[A]bsent a financial incentive to deny an insured’s claims or coerce a reduced settlement, a third party that investigates and processes an insurance claim does not owe a duty of good faith and fair dealing to the insured.”
• “[A]bsent a financial incentive to deny an insured’s claims or coerce a reduced settlement, a third party that investigates and processes an insurance claim does not owe a duty of good faith and fair dealing to the insured.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).