Rees v. Viking Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• excess insurance obligation to defend and indemnify commences only when limits of underlying policy are exhausted
• excess insurance obligation to defend and indemnify commences only when limits of underlying policy are exhausted
• “An excess carrier’s obligation to pay and defend begins when, and only when, the limits of the primary insurance policy are exhausted.”
• “An excess carrier’s obligation to pay and defend begins when, and only when, the limits of the primary insurance policy are exhausted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).