Myers v. Ambassador Ins. Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that insurer is responsible for acts of its agents
• insurer has fiduciary duty to act in good faith when handling a claim against insured
• “Attorney’s fees under our practice are not awarded absent special legal authority or as a matter of contract.”
• when uncontroverted evidence leads to one conclusion, typically factual issues become questions of law
• determination of whether insurer acted in bad faith presents a question of law where, based on uncontroverted evidence, “a reasonable man following the law can draw but one conclusion on the issue”
• “An insured who is kept informed may have further information to give to the carrier; he may use powers of persuasion upon the carrier to increase its offer; he may engage counsel; he may have other courses of action open to him.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).