McCoury v. Allstate Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a suit-limitation provision barred action for negligent failure to provide adequate coverage because “[a]l-though this is not an action for breach of the policy, it is certainly an action brought by the plaintiffs by virtue of their status as policyholders”
• reversing grant of summary judgment where evidence showed that insured relied on agent’s expertise in determining adequate coverage
• reversing grant of summary judgment to insurance agent on claim of negligence because there was evidence that insureds relied on agent's expertise in determining policy coverage on their home
• reversing grant of summary judgment to insurance agent on claim of negligence because there was evidence that insureds relied on agent’s expertise in determining policy coverage on their home
• “Although this is not an action for breach of the policy, it is certainly an action brought by the plaintiffs by virtue of their status as policyholders.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).