State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Traver

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that subject to the discretion of the court, an attorney may withdraw from a case
• key question in determining whether principal is vicariously ha-ble for conduct of agent is whether principal has right to control agent with respect to details of agent’s conduct
• “[T]he key question is whether the principal has the right to control the agent with respect to the details of that conduct.”
• insurer not vicariously liable for malpractice of independent attorney selected to defend insured
• legal malpractice claim arising from representation in personal injury case survives death of client
• “In determining whether a principal is vicariously responsible for the conduct of an agent, the key question is whether the principal has the right to control the agent with respect to the details of that conduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).