McMahon v. Louisiana State Racing Commission

How courts have described this case

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• holding that insurer’s claim seeking reimbursement of moneys paid to its insured was time-barred by one year suit provision and noting that subrogee had no greater rights than the subrogor and was equally subject to any defenses that might be asserted against subrogor
• noting that a subrogee insurer has “no greater rights” against a defendant than the insured possessed and is “equally subject to any defenses” that the defendant might have asserted against the subrogor
• explaining that the right of action for contribution is equitable in origin
• affirming trial court’s finding that equitable subrogation action by insurance company was untimely
• even if insurance policy does not contain limitation of suit clause, insured still subject to one year limitation
• no duty on behalf of insurance company to inform other party of its intention to rely on one year statute of limitation clause in policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).