Harr v. Allstate Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that insurer may be estopped from denying expansion of coverage \where the estopping conduct arose before or at the inception of the contract\
• finding equitable estoppel is available to broaden coverage when there is a misrepresentation before or at the inception of the insurance contract, even where the misrepresentation is innocent
• finding equitable estoppel is available to broaden coverage when there is a misrepresentation before or at the inception of the insurance contract, even where the misrepresentation is innocent
• stating relation back rule does not apply to \distinctly new or different claim[s]\
• where insurer had concealed from plaintiffs for over two years that plaintiffs were suing under the wrong policy, insurer was estopped from asserting the statute of limitations as a defense
• prima facie case of estoppel was established where insured asked agent to cover business merchandise stored in basement and agent advised insured it was fully covered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).