Creveling v. Government Employees Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “[t]he basis of equitable estoppel is the effect of the conduct of one party on the position of the other party” and thus a party may be absolutely precluded from exercising a legal right when its conduct has induced detrimental reliance by another
• refusing to find an estoppel when the “prejudice or detrimental reliance suffered ... [was] purely speculative”
• “whether the trial court used a correct legal standard ... is a question that we review de novo ”
• “The party arguing for an estoppel bears the burden of proving the facts that create it.”
• “We ordinarily review a [circuit court’s] decision regarding whether to certify a class action for an abuse of discretion.”
• “Whether the party has shown that an estoppel exists ‘is a question of fact to be determined in each case.’” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).