Metal Bank of America, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America

How courts have described this case

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

• holding as a matter of law that insurers were prejudiced when the insured notified the insurers of the suit after settlement because the insurers were presented with a fait accompli and were denied an opportunity to gain early control of the proceedings and to investigate
• prejudice as a matter of law when notice delayed by two years and underlying litigation was settled
• insured prejudiced its insurers’ interests by defending action for two years to the point of settlement before notifying them of claim
• \We must view Brakeman ... in the framework of its factual situation.\
• by the time insurer notified, settlement was a “fait accompli”
• prejudice as a matter of law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).