People v. Geist

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that good faith, reasonable belief that incident was not covered by liability policy could excuse delay in reporting occurrence
• concluding that “the provision that notice be given ‘as soon as practicable’ call[s] for a determination of what was within a reasonable time in the light of the facts and circumstances of the case at hand” (internal citations omitted)
• finding that broker was an agent of the insurance company where it “collected the premiums, issued the policy and was designated by the policy as ‘agent or broker’ ”
• stating that the basis for attorneys' fees \find[s] support in the theory that an insurer's responsibility to defend reaches the defense of any actions arising out of the occurrence\
• stating that an award of fees is available when the insured is “cast in a defensive posture by the legal steps an insurer takes in an effort to free itself from its policy obligations”
• stating that the basis for attorneys’ fees “find[s] support in the theory that an insurer’s responsibility to defend reaches the defense of any actions arising out of the occurrence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).