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· 9/3/1998

McCauley v. Suls

Citations

  • 716 A.2d 1129
  • 123 Md. App. 179
  • 1998 Md. App. LEXIS 157

How courts have described this case

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

  • insurance company owes no fiduciary duty in first-party claim because insured controls litigation and fiduciary duty need not be imposed
  • “The insurer . . . owes a duty to the insured to attempt to settle the claim within the limits of the policy since the insured has surrendered the right to do so itself.”
  • “insurance company owes no fiduciary duty in a first-party claim.”

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Judges: Wenner, Sonner, Bloom

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