Findley v. Time Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• holding that alleging “fail[ure] to investigate” without more “does not give rise to a [bad faith] cause of action in tort”
• “Prosser has pointed out that an action in tort cannot ordinarily be based upon a breach of contract which amounts to mere nonfeasance, which means not doing the thing at all, as distinguished from misfeasance, which means doing it improperly.”
• “The complaint merely alleges that the defendant has failed to explain, failed to investigate, and failed to contact the plaintiff or her physician. Such inaction does not give rise to a cause of action in tort.”
• “Paragraphs A, B, and C, and D merely allege that the defendant has bailed to explain, failed to investigate, and failed to contact the plaintiff or her physician. Such inaction does not give rise to -a cause of action in tort.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).