Levine v. Selective Insurance Co. of America

How courts have described this case

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• finding it sufficient that “all parties expressly understood that the beneficiaries of [the contract] were the [plaintiffs]” even though the plaintiffs were not expressly named therein
• finding Levines may be third party beneficiaries of insurance contract, noting that even though contract made no mention of the Levines, “all parties expressly understood that the beneficiaries of such Policy were the Levines”
• reversing grant of summary judgment and “hold[ing] that the plaintiffs pled sufficient facts to support their action for breach of contract based on [defendant’s] alleged breach of its covenant of good faith and fair dealing”
• “We hold that the plaintiffs pled sufficient facts to support their action for breach of contract based on Selective’s alleged breach of its covenant of good faith and fair dealing.”
• “the essence of a third-party beneficiary’s claim is that others have agreed between themselves to bestow a benefit upon the third party but one of the parties to the agreement fails to uphold his portion of the bargain.” (internal quotations omitted)
• “the essence of a third-party beneficiary’s claim is that others have agreed between themselves to bestow a benefit upon the third party but one of the parties to the agreement fails to uphold his portion of the bargain.” (internal quotations omitted)

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