Powers v. CALVERT FIRE INS. CO.

How courts have described this case

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

• “An insurer will not be permitted to ... sit down and hold its hands and purse and thereafter escape liability for fulfillment of its contract by reason of the insured’s effort, after fair notice, to recoup his loss by litigation against a wrongdoer.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Tate v. Secura Insurance
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-02-28· cited 166×
• Silinsky v. State-Wide Insurance
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1968-04-22· cited 63×
• Berry v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-05-19· cited 59×
• Phillips v. United States
  D. South Carolina· 1981-01-19· cited 54×
• Proctor v. Department of Health & Environmental Control
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2006-03-20· cited 51×
• Roberts v. Fireman's Ins. Co. of NJ
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-01-04· cited 47×
• Tarzian v. West Bend Mutual Fire Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-08-12· cited 44×
• Plut v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-11-30· cited 43×
• National American Insurance v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-08-15· cited 43×
• Baier v. State Farm Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-05-09· cited 39×
• Minter v. GOCT, INC.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-07-15· cited 30×
• Washington Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Hammett
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1964-04-13· cited 30×
• Sexton v. Continental Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1991-09-10· cited 27×
• Calvert Fire Ins. Co. v. James
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1960-06-06· cited 26×
• General Insurance Co. of America v. Stoddard Wendle Ford Motors
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-02-10· cited 24×
• Piggy Park Enterprises, Inc. v. Schofield
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1968-08-13· cited 20×
• West American Insurance v. Cates
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-04-17· cited 20×
• Allstate Insurance Company v. Austin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1969-09-19· cited 17×
• Bank of Fort Mill, a Corporation v. Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, a Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1959-06-15· cited 15×
• Cedarholm v. STATE FARM MUTUAL INS. COMPANIES
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1959-04-14· cited 15×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wood v. Pender-Doxey Grocery Co.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1928-09-27· cited 18×
• Sun Insurance Office v. Hohenstein
  City of New York Municipal Court· 1927-01-31· cited 17×
• Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1934-09-26· cited 13×
• Firemen's Insurance v. Georgia Power Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1935-10-23· cited 12×