Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau

How courts have described this case

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

• insurer’s belief that the policy does not provide coverage not a permissible consideration in evaluating the reasonableness of the settlement offer from third party
• insurer’s belief that the policy does not provide coverage not a permissible consideration in evaluating the reasonableness of the settlement offer from third party
• “A valid final judgment on the merits in favor of a defendant serves as a 14 complete bar to further litigation on the same cause of action.”
• “Clearly, if defendant’s belief that the policy did not provide coverage in the instant case had been vindicated, it would not be liable for damages flowing from its refusal to settle . . . .”
• claim for failure to accept a reasonable 18 settlement offer within policy limits is assignable and court’s inquiry should focus on the 19 relationship between the insurer and the insured

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).