Legal Opinion
Davis v. Criterion Insurance Co.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 27, 1988No. S-2130PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Justice.
In this case we must decide whether an insurance company, after denying coverage, can be held liable for a failure to defend its insured in a prior suit when the insured failed to notify the insurer that she was being sued.
Cleve Davis sustained damage to his 1977 Dodge van and claimed bodily injury as a result of being rear ended by Patricia Love. The collision occurred as Davis was approaching a stop sign at the comer of 10th and Stewart in Fairbanks, on July 5, 1983. The car driven by Love was owned by Virgil Hewing. Hewing was insured by Criterion Insurance Co. under…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Theodore v. Zurich General Accident & Liability Insurance Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1961
- MUTUAL BEN. HEALTH & ACCIDENT ASS'N v. MoyerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
- Dixie Auto Ins. Co. v. GoudySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964
- Washington v. National Service Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1969
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