Insurance Terms

Good Faith

Honesty and fairness in dealing with others, including honest intent and absence of fraud or seeking unfair advantage.

In Personal Injury Cases

Insurance companies have a duty to handle claims in good faith. When they don't, they may be liable for bad faith, potentially resulting in additional damages.

Reference context

This term belongs to the Insurance Terms category and is part of our machine-readable California injury-law glossary.

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Structured access

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Plain-English use

How to use this definition during case research

Start with the definition, then ask whether the term changes liability, damages, insurance coverage, evidence preservation, or the deadline for taking action.

If the term affects a live accident or injury claim, write down the fact that triggered the question, the record that supports it, and the person or company that may dispute it.

A useful glossary page should point you toward the next page to read, not leave you with a standalone legal phrase.

Glossary discovery fingerprint

How this definition connects to a real claim file

Short legal definitions index better when they connect the term to proof, related concepts, practical resources, and the next question an injured person is likely to ask.

research differentiator

Insurance Terms claim fingerprint

For Insurance Terms, the useful question is whether the adjuster voicemail, employer absence note, and scene diagram can be tied to bad-faith, fair-dealing, fiduciary-duty before the insurer treats the good faith file as routine.

Use the notice trail to connect scene proof with construction detour.
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Keep Insurance Claim, Claims Adjuster tied to adjuster voicemail when agency, property-control, or maintenance questions may shape the file.

Evidence sequence

What must stay specific on this resource page

A stronger Insurance Terms page explains the witness loop, the late-night traffic, and the documents that move a reader from research into a useful case review.

Name the records that can disappear first, especially any adjuster voicemail or employer absence note.
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Translate Settlement calculator, Personal injury FAQ, Legal review process into record tasks: provider notes, restrictions, work impact, and any care plan that should be checked before valuation.

Decision summary

The decision point matters more than the keyword

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bad-faith to Uninsured Motorist Coverage

The strongest resource pages explain how bad-faith, Uninsured Motorist Coverage, and the damages ledger fit together before asking a visitor to request a case review.

tow-yard photo handoff

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construction detour filter

The construction detour detail matters when it explains why Legal review process evidence may change the insurance posture and the urgency of preserving records.

repair estimate near fair-dealing

When a good faith question starts around fair-dealing, the repair estimate matters because construction detour can blur the notice trail before witnesses are contacted.

Insurance companies have a duty to handle claims in good faith. When they don't, they may be liable for bad faith, potentially resulting in additional damages. timing

A reader in Insurance Terms should know whether Insurance companies have a duty to handle claims in good faith. When they don't, they may be liable for bad faith, potentially resulting in additional damages. records line up with Settlement calculator, especially if the first insurer note minimizes the medical necessity record.

Liability Insurance control question

If Liability Insurance is part of the story, preserve the pharmacy pickup before public-entity notice changes who can explain access, lighting, staffing, or maintenance.