The Copart of Connecticut vehicle salvage facility south of Columbia, S.C. – Credit: Google Earth Duty of Insurer to Defend Versus Indemnify Is Distinct, Says U.S. Fifth Circuit
The Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded, however, on the duty to indemnify. The panel took this stance, not because it found the insurer must compensate Copart should damages be awarded, but because the ruling of the district court was premature.
August 01, 2023 at 03:43 PM
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Insurance Law
Liberty Mutual Corp. convinced the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit it had no duty to defend an accused polluter in a South Carolina federal court case, but its duty to indemnify was conditionally reinstated.
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