National Union Fire Insurance Company v. Bourn

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing plaintiff could not recast intentional tort of assault and battery as negligence to bring claim within coverage of homeowner = s policy
• recognizing plaintiff could not recast intentional tort of assault and battery as negligence to bring claim within coverage of homeowner’s policy
• “When either a loss or occurrence takes place, written notice shall be given by or on behalf of the insured to the Company or any of its authorized agents as soon as practicable”; holding that a 44-day delay in notifying the insurer was unreasonable under the policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).