4759 An insurer's common law obligation to assist its insured to recover bargained-for policy benefits was found to be violated by the insurer's failure to communicate with its insured on key issues concerning the value of loss and by erecting phantom doubts about the insured's right to recovery until the insured's time to file a claim under the policy had almost expired.CitationCITY OF HOLLISTER v MONTEREY INSURANCE (Insurer's Delay) 165 CA4 455 [See: Norgart v Upjohn 21 C4 383, T/AT 9/99; Oakland Raiders v Oakland-Alameda Coliseum 144 CA4 1175, T/AT 12/06]
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