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· 7/21/1972

Unruh v. Truck Insurance Exchange

Citations

  • 498 P.2d 1063
  • 7 Cal. 3d 616
  • 102 Cal. Rptr. 815
  • 37 Cal. Comp. Cases 590
  • 1972 Cal. LEXIS 217

How courts have described this case

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  • a general allegation of such intent is sufficient to support a claim for exemplary damages
  • action by employee against her employer’s workers’ compensation insurer for, inter alia, intentional infliction of emotional distress was cognizable where insurer hired private investigator to observe and photograph employee performing activities inconsistent with her claimed injuries
  • action by employee against her employer's workers' compensation insurer for, inter alia, intentional infliction of emotional distress was cognizable where insurer hired private investigator to observe and photograph employee performing activities inconsistent with her claimed injuries
  • assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress
  • extreme and outrageous conduct during claim investigation
  • extreme and outrageous conduct during claim investigation

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Judges: Sullivan

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