Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. McConnaughy

How courts have described this case

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

• insurer not estopped from disclaiming for breach of cooperation clause where disclaimer made nine days after insured admitted attempting to suborn perjury
• cooperation clauses should be construed to effectuate their purpose— preventing prejudice to the insurer
• “The cooperation clause is included ... so that the insurance company will not be prejudiced in investigation and defense at trial. It should be construed and applied to effectuate its purpose.”
• “The cooperation clause is included . . . so that the insurance company will not be prejudiced in investigation and defense at trial. It should be construed and applied to effectuate its purpose.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).