First State Insurance v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that excess insurers “do not usually participate in the defense of the case … unless it appears likely that the policy will be implicated”
• $3,275 million ad damnum not patently absurd considering severity of injuries and jury verdict of $2 million, and although not dispositive, ad damnum relevant to reasonableness of notice
• amount of ad damnum relevant, but not conclusive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).