Eddy v. Sharp

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that an insurance broker is “under a duty of due care to accurately inform [the insured] of the policy’s provisions” about what is covered and excluded by a policy
• defining cause of action for “negligent misrepresentation” by an insurer “is a form of deceit” under California Civil Code Section 1710(2)
• “As is true of negligence, responsibility for negligent misrepresentation rests upon the existence of a legal duty ... owed by a defendant to an injured person.”
• “As is true of negligence, responsibility for negligent misrepresentation rests upon the existence of a legal' duty, imposed by contract, statute or otherwise, owed by a defendant to the injured person.”
• “If an insurance agent is the agent for several companies and selects the company with which to place the insurance or insures with one of them according to directions, the insurance agent is the [independent] agent of the insured.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).