Talen v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “when an insurer gives prompt notice to the party claiming to be insured that it is not waiving the benefit of any policy defenses, no estoppel arises” (citations omitted)
• applying Iowa law when no party pleads and proves that a foreign law governs
• applying Iowa law when no party pleads and proves that a foreign law governs
• “[W]e can discern nothing in [the insurer’s] communication that suggests a waiver of policy defenses.”
• “Insurance policies are contracts between the insurer and the insured and must be interpreted like other contracts . . . .”
• “Insurance policies are contracts between the insurer and the insured and must be interpreted like other contracts.... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).