Ideal Mut. Ins. Co. v. Waldrep

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the insured’s extended delay in reporting the accident or occurrence deprived the insurer of its right “to notice and an opportunity to eliminate or reduce its loss”
• concluding reporting of six weeks after alleged loss is not prompt notice
• “Notice is necessary when there has been an occurrence that should lead a reasonably prudent man to believe that a claim for damages would arise.”
• “Notice is necessary when there has been an occurrence that should lead a reasonably prudent man to believe that a claim for damages would arise.”
• “[T]he insured could not wait until the full extent of the damage to the aircraft was apparent, because the policy covered any ‘occurrence’ resulting in injury to the aircraft.”
• “the insured could not wait until the full extent of the damage to the aircraft was apparent, because the policy covered any ‘occurrence’ resulting in injury to the aircraft”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).