Opinion

Wittenbrock v. Cass

  • 110 Cal. 1
  • 42 P. 300
  • 1895 Cal. LEXIS 1006
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Nov 7, 1895
Status
Published
Author
McFarland
On the bench
Belcher, McFarland
Cited by
23 cases

holding that, in 7 “the rare case where the insured tenders the defense and 8 then negotiates a settlement on its own, leaving the insurer 9 in the dark,” the insured’s breach “relieved the insurer of 10 posttender costs, too, including the settlement”

How later courts described this case

  • holding that, in 7 “the rare case where the insured tenders the defense and 8 then negotiates a settlement on its own, leaving the insurer 9 in the dark,” the insured’s breach “relieved the insurer of 10 posttender costs, too, including the settlement”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

McFarland, J.,

concurred on the authority of Bury v. Young, supra, which must now be taken as final on the subject.

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