City Of Erie, Pennsylvania v. Guaranty National Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that in predicting state law federal courts look to “current trends in the law”
• applying Pennsylvania law, “tort of malicious prosecution occurs for insurance purposes at the time the underlying charges are filed”
• rejecting a “multiple trigger” approach to the determination of insurance coverage for malicious prosecution claims
• cases cited for the majority position range from 1967 to 1992, including City of Erie itself from 1997
• parties agreed that policies covered \liability for any act done while the policy is in effect\
• “[T]he clear majority of courts have held the tort [of malicious prosecution] occurs [for insurance purposes] when the underlying criminal charges are filed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).