Ridgeway v. U.S. Life Credit Life Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a policyholder may not assert claim under section 8371 for failure to pay a judgment obtained in an insurance action
• holding that a policyholder may not assert claim under section 8371 for failure to pay a judgment obtained in an insurance action
• holding that a statutory provision limited to claims “arising under an insurance policy” did not include claims for post-settlement or post-judgment conduct by insurer
• “The scope of section 8371 has been extended to the investigatory practices of an insurer during litigation initiated by an insured to obtain the proceeds of his or her insurance policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).