McGee v. State Fam Fire & Casualty Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that in determining whether an insurer’s conduct is vexatious and unreasonable, the “court must consider the totality of the circumstances, including the insurer’s attitude”
• stating that in determining whether an insurer’s conduct is vexatious and unreasonable, the “court must consider the totality of the circumstances including the insurer’s attitude”
• noting that an insurer does not violate section 155 “merely because it unsuccessfully litigates a dispute involving the scope of coverage or the magnitude of the loss”
• stating that the definition of bona fide •is “[r]eal, actual, genuine, and not feigned”
• noting that an insurer does not violate section 155 “merely because it unsuccessfully litigates a dispute involving the scope of coverage or the magnitude of the loss”
• awarding Section 155 damages where insurer conducted inadequate investigation and “refused to negotiate in good faith” in the appraisal process

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).