Maryland Casualty Co. v. Nationwide Mutual 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 “[ejquitable subrogation allows an insurer that paid coverage or defense costs to be placed in the insured’s position to pursue a full recovery from another insurer who was primarily responsible for the loss”
• explaining that equitable contribution of defense costs equalizes a common burden shared by primary insurers
• explaining that circuit court has \broad discretion\ in determining how to properly allocate defense costs
• explaining that circuit court has \broad discretion\ in determining how to properly allocate defense costs
• explaining that equitable contribution of defense costs equalizes a common burden shared by primary insurers
• considering both liability coverage and defense costs as relevant costs for purposes of burden-shifting through equitable subrogation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).