Handy v. Brong

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding, under similar statute and contract, motorist/tortfeasor who was able to satisfy judgment in full was not underinsured motorist
• \An insurer may not avoid a valid judgment obtained by an insured ... solely because the insurer did not provide written consent to the prosecution of the action resulting in the judgment.\
• “[A]n insured who has obtained a valid judgment against an underinsured motorist generally may not avoid the limits of that judgment when seeking payment under the terms of his underinsured motorist coverage.”
• “An insurer may not avoid a valid judgment obtained by an insured ... solely because the insurer did not provide written consent to the prosecution of the action resulting in the judgment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).