Red Giant Oil Co. v. Lawlor

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• holding that judgment not adjudicated on merits is not binding on insurer in claim against insurer for failure to defend
• holding that judgment not adjudicated on merits is not binding on insurer in claim against insurer for failure to defend
• holding that “because insurers have available to them a variety of defenses . . . we fail to see why legally it should make any difference who sues the insurer—the insured or the insured’s assignee”
• stating that choses in action for breach of contract are assignable in Iowa
• holding insured could still suffer damages from agent’s negligence when settlement was coupled with a covenant not to execute that did not extinguish liability as would a release; therefore, assigned claim for agent’s negligence would be valid
• permitting tortfeasor's assignment of claims against insurer for refusal to defend and insurance agent for negligent failure to procure adequate coverage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).