O'Fallon v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a malicious prosecution claim may be premised on the filing of groundless counterclaims and third-party complaints
• noting that persons are properly classified as “third parties” in the insurance context when they purport to have been “damaged by an insurance company’s conduct but have no contractual relationship to that company”
• characterizing Klaudt claim as \common law cause of action\ predicated on violations of § 33-18-201, MCA
• noting legislative intent and effect of § 33-18-242, MCA, to \limit[ ] the types of claims that could be brought based on claim settlement practices\
• characterizing Klaudt claim as “common law cause of action” predicated on violations of § 33-18-201, MCA

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).