McLaughlin v. National Union Fire Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• referring to a tortious or wrongful attempt to cancel coverage when such action was arbitrary
• duty to defend depends on fact in complaint; where only potential for liability turns on resolution of legal question, there is no duty to defend
• “Damage for lost profits, loss of investment or other harm to one’s economic interest constitute injuries to intangible property which by definition fall outside the scope of the policy.”
• “recovery of compensatory damages is not essential”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).