Walter v. Simmons

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that 14 the trial court had dismissed a third-party claims adjuster “from the bad faith claim because 15 he owed no contractual duty to act in good faith or deal fairly” with the insured
• “A new trial based on a claim of counsel misconduct is never granted as a disciplinary matter; rather, it should only be granted for a cause that materially affects the rights of the aggrieved party.”
• no prejudice when appellant was found not liable for the alleged damages
• “[A]n insurer who owes the legally imposed duty of good faith to its insureds cannot escape liability for a breach of that duty by delegating it to another, regardless of how the relationship of that third party is characterized.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).