Tate v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• To constitute a tort, “the injury to the plaintiff has been an independent injury over and above the mere disappointment of plaintiff’s hope to receive his contracted-for benefit.”
• Where the plaintiff’s claim arose solely from the defendant’s alleged breach of a contractual duty to cover his insurance claim, the plaintiff could not recover damages for emotional distress.
• Georgia does not recognize a claim for negligent handling of an insurance claim.
• bad faith claim brought pursuant to Georgia statute sounded in contract, not tort

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).