· 11/18/2015
Robert Kropilak v. 21st Century Insurance Company
Citations
- 806 F.3d 1062
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 19951
- 2015 WL 7273264
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[A]n insurer owes . . . no duty to its insured to enter into a consent judgment in excess of the limits of its policy.”
- “Under Florida law, an insurer has a duty to defend its insured against any claim and alleged facts within the terms of the policy and to indemnify the insured up to the limits of the policy.”
- “While an insurer has a duty to act in good faith to offer the policy limits under appropriate circumstances[,] . . . it has no duty on behalf of its insured to agree to a consent judgment in excess of policy limits . . . .”
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Judges: Tjoflat, Hull, Bartle
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