Dear v. Scottsdale Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that insured may not maintain negligence action against adjuster because adjuster's duties are contractual ones owed solely to insurer
• holding insured relinquished right to sue general liability insurer for breach of contract relative to insurer's allegedly improper handling and payment of third-party claim by purchasing policy which gave insurer right to settle
• holding insured relinquished right to sue general liability insurer for breach of contract relative to insurer’s allegedly improper handling and payment of third-party claim by purchasing policy which gave insurer right to settle
• stating the adjuster could not be liable to the plaintiff “for improper investigation and settlement advice, regardless of whether Dear phrased his allegations as negligence, bad faith, breach of contract, tortious interference, or DTPA claims”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).