International Insurance Co. v. Dresser Industries, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]e hold that a policy providing for excess insurance coverage imposes no duty upon the insured to accept a settlement offer that would avoid exposing the excess insurer to liability.”
• “[The excess carrier] seeks a ruling that would require an insured to settle any case, even one in which it believes liability is questionable or nonexistent, if there is any risk of a verdict impacting the excess layer of coverage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).