Murach v. Massachusetts Bonding & 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, when an insurance policy “leaves the matter of settlement entirely to the insurer’s discretion,” the insurer has a “reciprocal obligation” to act in good faith in deciding whether to settle or go to trial
• insurance contract — insurer must exercise discretionary power to settle claims in good faith
• nondisclosure “may be some evidence of the insurer’s lack of good faith”
• insurance contract — insurer must exercise discretionary power to settle claims in good faith
• where claim is made for an amount greater than the limits of the policy, insurer has duty to advise its insured of possibility that he may be exposed to excess liability
• insurer has reciprocal obligation under policy to negotiate for settlement in good faith

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).