Erie Insurance v. Hickman Ex Rel. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that “[t]he lack of diligent investigation alone is not sufficient to support an award” for a breach of the duty of good faith in the insurance context
• recognizing that “[t]he lack of diligent investigation alone is not sufficient to support an award” for a breach of the duty of good faith in the insurance context
• recognizing that these two theories, though distinct, often overlap in “elements, defenses and recoveries”
• recognizing cause of action for tortious breach of insurer's duty to deal with insured in good faith
• observing that “the lack of diligent investigation alone is not sufficient to support an award” for bad faith
• noting that one of the primary factors the court considered was the “return to the rule of no punitive damages in contract cases ... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).