Szumigala v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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

• holding report of deputy who investigated accident, placing blame on insured, provided insurer with a reasonable basis to deny uninsured motorist benefits
• holding extent of insured’s liability for accident presented “ ‘a classic jury question’ ” (citation omitted)
• finding no fiduciary duty under Mississippi law between an insured and insurer in a first-party insurance contract
• finding no fiduciary duty under Mississippi law between an insured and insurer in a first-party insurance contract
• “under Mississippi law . . . there is no fiduciary relationship between an insurance company and its insured .... The relationship that does exist is one that is contractual in nature, that of a debtor-creditor type”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).