Webb v. Gittlen

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that public policy does not bar clients’ assignment of negligence claims against their insurance agents
• holding that most claims are generally assignable \except those involving personal injury\
• stating that Morris balanced the competing interests of protecting an insured from liability and protecting an insured from inflated settlements
• describing the Morris rule, “that a stipulated judgment may bind the insurer arises from the insurer’s contractual obligations to defend and indemnify its insured”
• describing the Morris rule, “that a stipulated judgment may bind the insurer arises from the insurer’s contractual obligations to defend and indemnify its insured”
• “[Insurance agents ... owe only a duty of ‘reasonable care, skill, and diligence’ in dealing with clients.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).