Norcal Mutual Insurance Company v. Newton

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a nonsignatory to an insurance policy, “having sought and accepted the benefit of the insurance policy, . . . was required to abide by the policy’s requirement of arbitration of disputes”
• where respondent’s action 16 “constituted conduct seeking the benefit, and therefore requiring acceptance of the burden, of the 17 insurance policy” she could not avoid arbitration as required by the policy
• “The common thread ... is the existence of an agency or similar relationship between the nonsignatory and one of the parties to the arbitration agreement. In the absence of such a relationship, courts have refused to hold nonsignatories to arbitration agreements.”
• “The common thread [in holding 12 nonsignatories bound by arbitration contracts] is the existence of an agency or similar relationship 13 between the nonsignatory and one of the parties to the arbitration agreement.”
• “The common thread [in holding nonsignatories 12 bound by arbitration contracts] is the existence of an agency or similar relationship between the 13 nonsignatory and one of the parties to the arbitration agreement.”
• “The common thread ... is the existence of an agency or similar relationship between the nonsignatory and one of the parties to the arbitration agreement. In the absence of such a relationship, courts have refused to hold nonsignatories to arbitration agreements.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).