United National Insurance v. Jacobs

How courts have described this case

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• insured violated terms of policy by entering into settlement with claimant because insured did not refuse insurer’s defense or obtain its approval prior to settling
• “By neither rejecting the defense nor acquiring UNIC’s consent, Jacobs breached the terms of the policy when he settled the lawsuit with the Perrys”
• ”[T]he estate, as [the insured’s] assignee, stands in the shoes of [the insured]....”

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