The court held that Farmers could not delay underinsured-motorist benefits until the tortfeasor’s liability limits were exhausted, and that Farmers’ delay and subsequent reliance on the insureds’ covenant not to sue supported bad-faith liability.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1991
Published opinions from 1991. The case name opens the case page.
1991 opinions
OklahomaRalph F. Dodson, D/b/a, Dodson Construction Company, Appellee v. St. Paul Insurance Company, Appellant
March 5, 199162 O.B.A.J. 802
The court held that the CGL policy did not cover the cost of repairing or replacing the subcontractor’s defective roofing work. Read as a whole, the policy’s warranty exception preserved some potential coverage but did not override exclusions that independently barred coverage for damage to the insured’s work and…