Gibson v. ITT Hartford Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a plaintiff must prove justifiable reliance in order to establish a claim of fraudulent misrepresentation under Iowa law
• finding such duty to act reasonably with regard to payment of benefits in Iowa Code § 86.13, and citing Boylan
• overturning court’s directed verdict for defendant on question of punitive damages in bad faith case
• including among elements of tortious interference claim “the interference caused [Weitz] not to perform, or made performance more burdensome or expensive”
• affirming judgment notwithstanding the verdict on fraudulent-misrepresentation claims where record lacked any evidence that representation was relied on
• listing elements necessary to establish common-law fraud claim: “(1) defendant made a representation to the plaintiff, (2) the representation was false, (3) the representation was material, (4) the defendant knew the representation was false, (5

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