United States Liability Insurance v. Selman

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing SCA and noting that SCA had “ ‘full knowledge’ of its probable liability for [the class members’] damages prior to purchasing the insurance policy”
• applying Massachusetts law and recognizing that a majority of courts treat the known loss doctrine as an affirmative defense to a claim of coverage
• “There are two iterations of the known loss doctrine. The doctrine exists both as a function of the standard general liability insurance contract and at common law”
• “clear error” standard “pertains whenever the trial court decides factual matters that are essential to ascertaining the parties’ rights in a particular situation (though not dependent on the meaning of contractual terms per se)”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).