Harmon v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding global-settlement confer- ence to be a reasonable strategy for settling multiple claims
• insurer faced with multiple claims arising out of same accident has right to enter into reasonable settlements with some claimants
• “It is generally held that where multiple claims arise out of one accident, the liability insurer has the right to enter reasonable settlements[.] . . . [T]he policy [is] encouraging compromises and speedy settlements[.]” (Emphasis added)
• liability insurer may in good faith settle part of multiple claims arising from the negligence of its insured even though such settlements deplete or exhaust the policy limits of liability so that the remaining claimants have little or no recourse against the insurer

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).