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).

Cited by

335 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Investors Insurance Co. of America
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1974-08-07· cited 2,261×
• Foley v. Interactive Data Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1988-12-29· cited 948×
• Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance
  California Supreme Court· 1973-06-11· cited 800×
• Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1980-06-02· cited 695×
• Guin v. Ha
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-03-16· cited 688×
• Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance
  California Supreme Court· 1979-08-14· cited 544×
• Rawlings v. Apodaca
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-09-24· cited 495×
• Potter v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1993-12-27· cited 493×
• Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies
  California Supreme Court· 1988-08-18· cited 475×
• English v. Fischer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-11-09· cited 475×
• Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
  California Supreme Court· 1978-08-25· cited 473×
• Careau & Co. v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-08-17· cited 465×
• Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
  California Supreme Court· 1980-08-25· cited 419×
• Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1970-08-07· cited 412×
• Christian v. American Home Assurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1978-03-10· cited 387×
• Hoskins v. Aetna Life Insurance
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-08-24· cited 379×
• Farmers Group, Inc. v. Trimble
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1984-12-10· cited 357×
• Agarwal v. Johnson
  California Supreme Court· 1979-12-07· cited 357×
• Brandt v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1985-01-28· cited 352×
• Kewin v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1980-08-05· cited 339×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance
  California Supreme Court· 1958-07-22· cited 586×
• Lucas v. Hamm
  California Supreme Court· 1961-09-05· cited 444×
• Amaya v. Home Ice, Fuel & Supply Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1963-03-12· cited 152×
• Critz v. Farmers Insurance Group
  California Court of Appeal· 1964-11-18· cited 111×
• Chelini v. Nieri
  California Supreme Court· 1948-08-30· cited 89×
• Eads v. Marks
  California Supreme Court· 1952-10-28· cited 84×
• Deevy v. Tassi
  California Supreme Court· 1942-10-30· cited 79×
• Di Mare v. Cresci
  California Supreme Court· 1962-08-02· cited 75×
• Kornoff v. Kingsburg Cotton Oil Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1955-10-14· cited 72×
• Acadia, California, Ltd. v. Herbert
  California Supreme Court· 1960-06-23· cited 67×
• Herzog v. Grosso
  California Supreme Court· 1953-07-07· cited 58×
• Weaver v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n
  California Supreme Court· 1963-04-18· cited 50×
• Davy v. Public National Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1960-05-26· cited 50×
• Emden v. Vitz
  California Court of Appeal· 1948-11-03· cited 34×
• Palmer v. Financial Indemnity Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-04-24· cited 25×
• Dryden v. Continental Baking Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1938-03-24· cited 24×
• Hodges v. Standard Accident Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1961-12-27· cited 24×
• Martin v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1964-06-25· cited 19×
• Kinder v. Western Pioneer Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1965-01-28· cited 13×