Critz v. Farmers Insurance Group

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that covenant not to execute “did not . . . extinguish [the insured’s] claim . . . against the carrier”
• agreement holding tortfeasor harmless as to judgment in excess of tortfeasor’s insurance coverage does not foreclose suit against insurer for bad faith failure to settle
• “The insurance company’s bad faith rejection of a settlement offer may effectually wipe out the policy limit on liability.”
• assignment and release upheld even though no judgment obtained against insured because value determined by bad faith of insurer
• assignment and release upheld even though no judgment obtained against insured because value determined by bad faith of insurer
• agreement holding tortfeasor harmless as to judgment in excess of his insurance coverage doesn’t foreclose suit against insurer for bad-faith failure to settle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).