Littlefield v. Curtis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that there was no vexatious refusal to defend because there was no duty to defend
• describing vexatious refusal claim as “derivative” of breach of contract claim and affirming dismissal of vexatious refusal claim because breach of contract claim failed as a matter of law
• “where an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify under the insurance policy, there cannot be a claim for vexatious refusal to defend or indemnify”
• where an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify under the insurance policy, there cannot be a claim for vexatious refusal to defend or indemnify
• “[W]here an insurer ha[s] no duty to defend or indemnify under the insurance policy, there cannot be a claim for vexatious refusal to defend or indemnify.”
• “the prayer for relief in a lawsuit is not a separate cause of action”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).