Kohlmeier v. Shelter Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• punitive damages cannot be awarded to punish or to deter actions simply because of an error in judgment
• punitive damages cannot be awarded to punish or to deter actions simply because of an error in judgment
• where determination regarding whether rescission of insurance policy is a close one, insurance company cannot be said to have acted in bad faith when it rescinded the contract
• court of appeals declines to follow its earlier case of Ledingham v. Blue Cross, 29 Ill.App.3d 339, 330 N.E.2d 540, and finds that § 155 of the Insurance Code preempts common law tort claims seeking recovery of punitive damages
• noting exception for third-party beneficiaries

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).