Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. v. Sand Lake Lounge, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that insurance policy requiring claim to be commenced within twelve months next after inception of loss could not mean date of fire since this would give insurer unfair advantage over insured and meant instead date on which insurer denied coverage
• holding in context of first-party insurance that cause of action for denial of insurance coverage does not accrue until insurer notifies insured of denial of coverage
• holding an insured's cause of action accrued and limitations period began to run when the insurance company denied coverage
• analogizing to UCC statute of limitations provisions in an insurance contract dispute over the interpretation of a limitations clause
• noting general rule that waivers of statute of limitations made at time of contract are contrary to public policy
• limitations period did not begin to run until insured’s cause of action accrued when the insurer denied liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).