O'Neill v. Gallant Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the insurer ignored recommendations to set- tle from the claim’s adjuster, his supervisor, and a claims director
• finding that defense counsel had estimated to the insurer that the verdict would likely be much higher than the policy amount
• upholding punitive damage award of 10% of the defendant's net worth for a breach of fiduciary duty
• upholding punitive damage award of 10% of the defendant’s net worth for a breach of fiduciary duty
• upholding the potential chose in action for insurer’s failure to settle claims within the policy limits in bad faith
• affirming jury verdict finding insurer acted in bad faith where the odds of a jury rejecting the plaintiff’s claim “were astronomical” and defense counsel knew the jury verdict would exceed coverage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Simon v. San Paolo US Holding Co., Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2005-06-16· cited 116×
• Franz v. Calaco Development Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-10-21· cited 103×
• Holland v. Schwan's Home Service, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-05-30· cited 66×
• International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 v. Lowe Excavating Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-11-30· cited 48×
• Blount v. Stroud
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-06-24· cited 37×
• R.C. Wegman Construction Co. v. Admiral Insurance
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-01-14· cited 29×
• Blount v. Stroud
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-10-06· cited 25×
• Leyshon v. Diehl Controls North America, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-12-27· cited 16×
• Beatty v. Doctors' Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-06-12· cited 13×
• Powell v. American Service Insurance Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-05-01· cited 12×
• R.C. Wegman Construction Co. v. Admiral Insurance
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-07-19· cited 10×
• Rogers Cartage Company v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-07-26· cited 10×
• Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. Agricultural Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-01-14· cited 5×
• West Side Salvage, Inc. v. RSUI Indemnity Co.
  S.D. Illinois· 2016-10-17· cited 4×
• Turcios v. DeBruler Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-07-29· cited 3×
• RC WEGMAN CONST. CO. v. Admiral Ins. Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-01-14
• Kirk v. Allstate Ins. Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-05-22
• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 v. Lowe Excavating Company
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-11-30
• Beatty v. Doctors' Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-06-12
• Central Illinois Public Service Company v. Agricultural Insurance Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-01-14

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-28· cited 2,781×
• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-14· cited 874×
• Knierim v. Izzo
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1961-03-29· cited 328×
• Cramer v. Insurance Exchange Agency
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-10-24· cited 298×
• Cirrincione v. Johnson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-10-01· cited 167×
• Campbell v. Government Employees Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1974-12-18· cited 88×
• Shamblin v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-07-27· cited 87×
• Cernocky v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-04-14· cited 67×
• Newport v. USAA
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2000-08-01· cited 66×
• Home Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Schneider
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-03· cited 55×
• Ciampi v. Ogden Chrysler Plymouth, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-05-19· cited 55×
• Olympia Fields Country Club v. Bankers Indemnity Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1945-04-19· cited 55×
• American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. G. A. Nichols Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1949-03-21· cited 52×
• Douglas v. Allied American Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-03-16· cited 41×
• Cain v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-04-30· cited 40×
• Ballard v. Citizens Cas. Co. Of New York
  Seventh Circuit· 1952-03-31· cited 36×
• Davis v. Temple
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-11-26· cited 36×
• Pickering v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-08-26· cited 32×
• Ford v. Herman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-10-04· cited 27×
• Phelan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-04-11· cited 26×