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· 4/4/1989

Vernon Gray v. Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co.

Citations

  • 871 F.2d 1128
  • 276 U.S. App. D.C. 388
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 4449
  • 1989 WL 30023

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the attorney’s obligation is rooted Ethical Rule 1.4 of Arizona’s 15 Rules of Professional Conduct
  • finding that the state of the policyholder’s residence was the intended principal location of the insured car
  • applying North Carolina law and allowing injured party to pursue assigned bad faith claim against insurer even though insured was insulated from liability by release
  • discussing effect of victim’s release of insured from satisfying judgment in return for insured’s assignment of cause of action against insurer and comparing releases to covenants not to execute
  • applying law of North Carolina and District of Columbia; collecting cases
  • release of insured from liability after default judgment did not nullify the basis for assignment of insured's cause of action against insurer

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Judges: Silberman, Williams, Sentelle

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