Kay-Lex Co. v. Essex Insurance

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 the insured fails to demonstrate a justification for failing to give notice according to the terms of the policy, the insurer is not required to provide coverage
• holding that if the insured fails to demonstrate a justification for failing to give notice according to terms of the policy, the insurer is not required to provide coverage
• holding that unjustified one-year delay was unreasonable as a matter of law
• stating that an unexcused and significant delay of one year in notifying insurer may be unreasonable as a matter of law
• finding that the appearance of the name of the independent insurance agent on the face of the contract did not grant the agent apparent authority to receive notice required to be given to the insurer
• rejecting insured’s excuses for failing to give notice of occurrence and affirming summary judgment in favor of insurer

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).