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· 1/25/1996

Galen Health Care, Inc. v. American Casualty Co. of Reading

Citations

  • 913 F. Supp. 1525
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 849
  • 1996 WL 34104

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that insurers “who pay a debt in self-protection, to avoid suffering a loss if the obligation is not discharged, are exercising their right of subrogation and are not volunteers”
  • “Florida law recognizes a cause of action for equitable subrogation between primary and excess insurers arising from the payment of a claim by the excess insurers.”
  • \Florida law recognizes a cause of action for equitable subrogation between primary and excess insurers arising from the payment of a claim by the excess insurers.\
  • \[N]o agreement is necessary to preserve the right to subrogation when the excess insurer has repeatedly denied liability and demanded that the primary insurer defend the insured party.\

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Judges: Conway

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