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· 12/5/1995

Lauzon v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance

Citations

  • 674 A.2d 1246
  • 164 Vt. 620
  • 1995 Vt. LEXIS 142

How courts have described this case

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  • “Because a realistic question regarding the extent of liability existed, defendant’s actions do not rise to the level of bad faith.”
  • there is “a general misunderstanding of the law regarding first-party insurance claims. An insurer owes no fiduciary duty to its insured in a claim arising under an uninsured motorist provision”
  • applying Vermont law and following Szumigala

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Judges: Allen, C.J., and Gibson, Dooley, Morse and Johnson

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