Gulf Ins. Co. v. Dolan, Fertig and Curtis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, if a court were to allow an extension of the reporting time after the end of the policy period, such would be tantamount to an extension of coverage to the insure, gratis
• extending reporting time “in effect rewrites the contract between the two parties”
• extending reporting time for claims-made policy negates one of its distinguishing characteristics
• “Claims-made or discovery policies are essentially reporting policies ...; if the claim is not reported during the policy period, no liability attaches”
• “The essence . . . of a claims- made policy is notice to the carrier within the policy period.”
• coverage depends on claim being made and reported to the insurer during policy period

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).