· 5/27/1988
Davis v. Criterion Insurance Co.
Citations
- 754 P.2d 1331
- 1988 Alas. LEXIS 80
How courts have described this case
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- holding that if insurer wrongfully denied coverage, insurer could not raise insured’s failure to provide notice of a suit under a cooperation clause as a defense to liability
- Lolding that if insurer wrongfully denied coverage, insurer could not raise insured's failure to provide notice of a suit under a cooperation clause as a defense to liability
- “[I]f an insurer has wrongfully denied coverage, it has materially breached its contractual obligation to the insured ... and cannot escape liability on the ground that the insured failed to comply with other terms of the contract subsequent to its own breach.”
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Judges: Matthews, Rabinowitz, Burke, Compton, Moore
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