Legal Opinion
v. GEICO Casualty Company
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 5, 2018No. 18SA135, SchultzPublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE GABRIEL delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 In this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21, we review the district court's order requiring the plaintiff-petitioner, Charissa Schultz, to undergo an independent medical examination ("IME"), pursuant to C.R.C.P. 35, at the request of the defendant-respondent GEICO Casualty Company. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.
¶ 2 In this action, Schultz alleges that GEICO breached its duty of good faith and fair dealing and violated its statutory obligation to evaluate and pay her insurance claim without…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Egan v. Mutual of Omaha InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
- Travelers Insurance Co. v. SavioSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- Goodson v. American Standard Insurance Co. of WisconsinSupreme Court of Colorado · 2004
- Buzzard v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- Vaccaro v. American Family Insurance GroupColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
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