State Farm Lloyds v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “appraisals should generally go forward without preemptive intervention by the courts”
• observing that the appraisal process requires “no attorneys, no lawsuits, no pleadings, no subpoenas, and no hearings”
• stating that an appraisal award may be set aside if it does not represent an “honest assessment” of necessary repairs”
• noting that courts must avoid construing appraisal clauses in manner that would render such clauses largely inoperative
• explaining that the scope of appraisal is limited to determination of amount of loss, not coverage issues
• instructing that appraisals should “generally go forward” unless the “‘amount of loss’ will never be needed”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).