Legal Opinion
Kinder v. Western Pioneer Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 28, 1965No. Civ. 21415PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDevine, J.
An insurance carrier appeals from a judgment in favor of its insured’s assignee. The judgment is in amount $20,000, plus certain interest. This is the excess of the $30,000 judgment rendered against the insured in a personal injury action, over the $10,000 policy limit. The judgment is based on alleged bad faith in refusing to accept offers of settlement. As is common in this kind of case, the assignee of the insured was the plaintiff in the personal injury case.
The Accident
On July 9, 1959, about 3:50 p.m., respondent Kinder and Scoggins, the insured, were involved in a four-car collision on…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Continental Casualty Co. v. Zurich InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Brown v. Guarantee InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
- Ivy v. Pacific Automobile InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
- Ivy v. Pacific Automobile Ins. Co.California Court of Appeal · 1958
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Tyler v. Grange Ins. Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1970
- Bowers v. Camden Fire Ins. Assoc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
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