Commercial Union Insurance v. International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
822 F.2d 267 · 1987
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 97 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably Air-Sea Forwarders, Inc. v. Air Asia Co. (1989), New York v. AMRO Realty Corp. (1991)
21 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Seaboard Surety Co. v. Gillette Co. · Security Mutual Insurance v. Acker-Fitzsimons Corp. · Albert J. Schiff Associates, Inc. v. Flack · Goldberg v. Lumber Mutual Casualty Insurance
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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'They enable insurers to make a timely investigation of relevant events and exercise early control over a claim. Early controls may lead to a settlement before litigation and enable insurers to take steps to eliminate the risk of similar occurrences in the future. When insurers have timely notice of relevant occurrences, they can establish more accurate renewal premiums and maintain adequate reserves.’ ... While this court offered this observation in the context of a dispute over compliance with a notice-of-occurrence provision, the considerations, particularly the concerns over an insurer's capacity to conduct litigation and settlement negotiations, apply equally to notice-of-claim provisions.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) In the event of an occurrence, written notice containing particulars sufficient to identify the insured and also reasonably obtainable information with respect to the time, place and circumstances thereof, and the names and addresses of the injured and of available witnesses, shall be given by or for the insured to the company or any of its authorized agents as soon as practicable.... (b) If claim is made or suit is brought against the insured, the insured shall immediately forward to the company every demand, notice, summons or other process received by him or his representative.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is whether the circumstances known to the insured at that time would have suggested to a reasonable person the possibility of a claim [against that insurer].”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.