Sherwood Brands, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that defense costs will often exceed the amount of any liability in an underlying action
• observing that delay in giving notice apparently played no material role in insurer’s decision not to defend where insurer did not raise prospect of prejudice until coverage suit
• reviewing an insurer’s obligation to reimburse its insured for pre-tender defense costs in a variety of contexts
• involving a liability insurance policy in an unfair and deceptive trade practices case
• “The duty to defend is primarily, of course, for the benefit of the insured.”
• under § 19-110, “the notice provision is couched when determining whether the provision is a covenant or condition precedent; what matters is when the act triggering coverage occurred. If the act triggering coverage (i.e., when the claim is “made”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).