Zolman v. Pinnacol Assurance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that equal consideration standard applies only in third-party context
• stating that an insurer “will be found to have acted in bad faith only if it has intentionally denied, failed to process, or failed to pay a claim without a reasonable basis.”
• explaining that the “equal consideration” standard applies in third-party bad-faith cases
• rejecting insured’s argument that summary judgment was improper because there were conflicting medical opinions in the record
• “[The expert’s] affidavit and report simply state his conclusory opinions that [the insurer] acted in bad faith without establishing any genuine issue of material fact.”
• courts traditionally find that it is reasonable for an insurer to challenge claims that are “fairly debatable,” which weighs against finding that an insurer acted unreasonably

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).