Martin v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting insurer’s argument that its purported acceptance of an expired offer constitutes an “absolute defense” to a charge of bad faith failure to settle within policy limits
• rejecting insurer's argument that its purported acceptance of an expired offer constitutes an \absolute defense\ to a charge of bad faith failure to settle within policy limits
• “[A]n insured who is kept informed may have further information to give to the carrier; he may use powers of persuasion upon the carrier to increase its offer; he may engage counsel; he may have other courses of action open to him.”
• “[A]n insured who is kept informed may have further information to give to the carrier; he may use powers of persuasion upon the carrier to increase its offer; he may engage counsel; he may have other courses of action open to him.”
• “[A]n insured who is kept informed may have further information to give to the carrier; he may use powers of persuasion upon the carrier to increase its offer; he may engage counsel; he may have other courses of action open to him.”
• describing parameters of duty to communicate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).