California Supreme Court· 6/11/1973

Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance

Citations

510 P.2d 1032
9 Cal. 3d 566
108 Cal. Rptr. 480
1973 Cal. LEXIS 210

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explaining that “when [an] insurer unreasonably and in bad faith withholds payment of [a] claim of its insured, it is sub ject to liability in tort”
explaining the plaintiff’s complaint 24 contained “only one count”—a “cause of action in tort against defendants for breach of an implied 25 duty of good faith and fair dealing”—and sought damages for “severe economic damage” and 26 “severe emotional upset and distress”
the court expanded upon Fletcher, supra, to establish a tort for breach of the implied duty of good faith in first-party cases
implied covenant imposes obligations “under which the insurer must act fairly and in good faith in discharging its contractual responsibilities”
breach of insurance contract for bad faith denial of business's claims
which was also a first party fire insurance claim

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Judges: Sullivan, Roth

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