State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Secrist

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that driver violated cooperation clause of insurance policy where he discharged insurer’s lawyers, and admitted liability for defendant’s injuries
• explaining that an insurer has been materially and substantially disadvantaged where the insured has acted in a way that has an “adverse effect on the insurer’s defense, settlement, or other handling of the claim”
• explaining that an insurer has been materially and substantially disadvantaged where the insured has acted in a way that has an “adverse effect on the insurer’s defense, settlement, or other handling of the claim”
• explaining that an insurer has been materially and substantially disadvantaged where the insured has acted in a way that has an “adverse effect on the insurer’s defense, settlement, or other handling of the claim”
• affirming summary judgment in insurer’s favor where insured failed to respond to insurer’s letters advising him of his duty to cooperate
• affirming summary judgment in insurer’s favor where insured failed to respond to insurer’s letters advising him of his duty to cooperate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).