Seastrom v. Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Iowa courts “will only uphold an award of punitive damages for breach of contract when the breach (1) constitutes an intentional tort, and (2) is committed maliciously, in a manner that meets the standards of Iowa code section 668A.1”
• recognizing release of claims against insurance agent that reserved claims against his employer did not preserve claims for vicarious liability under Biddle but allowed separate tort claims for insurer’s own bad-faith conduct
• “Having viewed the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs, we conclude there was substantial evidence to support their claim of oral contract.”
• “In fact, where an insurer has an objectively reasonable basis to deny coverage, it has no duty to investigate further before denying the claim.”
• “where an insurer has an objectively reasonable basis to deny coverage, it has no duty to investigate farther before denying the claim”
• “where an insurer has an objectively reasonable basis to deny coverage, it has no duty to investigate further before denying the claim”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).