Morrison v. Swenson

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that an insured may recover legal fees incurred in pursuing a declaratory judgment action against an insurer as a direct loss incident to the insurer’s breach
• stating general rule that attorney fees ordinarily are not recoverable absent statutory authority
• “Once it is established that one who purports to represent an insurance company is its agent, a parol contract will bind the company if [the agent’s acts are] within the actual, implied, or apparent authority of the agent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).