Fireman's Fund Insurance v. CTIA—The Wireless Ass'n

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• noting that Central Armature Works is a “questionable source of law”
• noting that Central Armature Works is a “questionable source of law”
• noting support under D.C. law for the awarding of punitive damages for a breach of fiduciary duty
• “The District of 3 See Compl. IV.B. ¶ 2 (motion not timely filed); ¶ 3 (motion was “totally off-point”
• “The District of Columbia’s exception to the general prohibition on punitive damages for contract claims applies most often if the breach of contract merges with an independent, recognized tort, such as IIED or fraud.”
• “As a general matter, ‘[m]ost States treat the relationship between insurer and insured as a matter of contract, not a fiduciary relationship’ . . . ” (quoting John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Harris Trust & Sav. Bank, 510 U.S. 86, 119 (1993)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).