Paul Holt Drilling, Inc., and Paul Holt, an Individual v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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• acknowledging that continuous contracts “are capable of a series of ‘partial’ breaches, as well as of a single total breach by repudiation . . . .”
• finding that no-action clause did not bar insured’s defense-costs claim against insurer
• citing, among other things, 4A Corbin on Contracts § 956 (1951) 28
• insurer's continued refusal to defend insureds constituted series of breaches and limitations period ran with each breach
• “We think the Oklahoma court would hold the no action clause is intended to apply only to claims made by third parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).