Crisci v. Security Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing only requires an insurer to accept a reasonable settlement
• holding that the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing only requires an insurer to accept a reasonable settlement
• relying on Crisci and Comunale v. Traders & Gen. Ins. Co., 50 Cal.2d 654, 328 P.2d 198 (1958)
• relying on Crisci and Comunale v. Traders & Gen. Ins. Co., 50 Cal.2d 654, 328 P.2d 198 (1958)
• permitting emotional distress damages for breach of an insurance contract where “the breach also constitute(d) a tort”
• “The plaintiff may elect to sue either in contract or in tort, to gain whatever substantive or procedural advantages the election may give.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).