Seeman v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a private cause of action does not arise solely from the violation of a statutory duty
• concluding that a statute prohibiting “unfair methods of competition” did not imply a private right of action because the surrounding provisions focused on the insurance commissioner’s “administrative powers” -8- (citation omitted)
• holding chapter 507B, regulating insurance trade practices, created no private right to sue insurer
• holding chapter. 507B, regulating insurance trade practices, created no private right to sue insurer
• relying on Cort v. Ash, 422 U.S. 66, 95 S.Ct. 2080, 45 L.Ed.2d 26 (1975)
• stating “[statutory enactment is one of the means by which such duty or standard of care may be created”

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