Merritt v. Reserve 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 acts taken in a case by independent counsel retained to defend an action was not chargéable to the insurer
• rejecting claim of bad faith based on insurer’s failure to initiate settlement overtures in absence of demand by claimant
• rejecting claim of bad faith based on insurer’s failure to initiate settle- ment overtures in absence of demand by claimant
• in suit against insurer for bad faith in defense of personal injury action it was unduly prejudicial for judge who presided over personal injury action to testify as an expert witness with respect to matters that took place before him in his judicial capacity
• in suit against insurer for bad faith in defense of personal injury action it was unduly prejudicial for judge who presided over personal injury action to testify as an expert witness with respect to matters that took place before him in his judicial capacity
• bad faith failure to settle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).