Precision Castparts Corp. v. Johnson & Higgins of Oregon, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• agent had duty to inform plaintiff of the \significant distinctions between the alternative insurance policies under consideration\
• when an agent presents an insured with a number of policies for consideration, the agent has a duty to inform the insured regarding the differences between the policies under consideration
• duty may be created to warn about significant distinctions among insurance policies customer is considering purchasing
• where agency relationship existed, “plaintiff had a right to rely on the superior expertise of its agent and had the right to assume that its agent performed its duty”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).