State Farm Insurance v. Trezza’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “such discovery supported the dismissal of those allegations of the underlying complaint upon which the insurer’s duty to defend was predicated, an order so providing should then be entered. Such an order would collaterally estop the claimant from pursuing the insured on the dismissed causes of action, since the claimant is a party to the declaratory judgment action, and would prevent the insurer’s duty to defend from becoming interminable.”) (quotes and cite omitted); 2 Insurance Claims and Disputes § 8:3 (6th ed. Apr. 2013). . See doc. 44 at 8 (contending that the Powerses”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Howard

2. “has been drafted in bad faith and designed solely to bring an insurer into a case,” the insurer can institute a declaratory judgment action against the claimant”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Howard

3. “property damage ... which is expected or intended by the insured.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 26 Mass. App. Ct. 202 - Newton v. NORFOLK & DEDHAM MUTUAL FIRE INS. CO