American Insurance Company v. Fairchild Industries, Incorporated

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that under New York law, “compliance with the provisions of an insurance contract is a condition precedent to an insurer’s liability”
• stating that \[t]he lack of notice of a claim thus relieves Fireman's Fund of any obligation under most of the insurance policies at issue\ without requiring a showing of prejudice
• stating that “[t]he lack of notice of a claim thus relieves Fireman’s Fund of any obligation under most of the insurance policies at issue” without requiring a showing of prejudice
• stating that the “uncertainty ... is the result of the failure of the insured to comply with the policy, and it should not be permitted to use that uncertainty as a weapon against the insurer”
• “Under New York law, delays for one or two months are routinely held ‘unreasonable.’ ”
• “Under New York law, delays for one or two months [in notifying the insurer] are routinely held ‘unreasonable.’”

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