Weber v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• seeking a declaration of the duty to indemnify is not yet ripe prior to a determination of underlying liability
• “whether an action is ‘premature,’ that is, not ripe for adjudication, focuses on an evaluation of the fitness of the issue for judicial decision at that point in time”
• determination of insurer’s duty to indemnify is premature prior to determination of insured’s liability in underlying action
• “issue of a duty to defend is generally ripe for adjudication soon after the occurrence giving rise to the claim”
• a declaratory judgment action brought to determine an insurer’s duty to indemnify is premature if brought prior to an adjudication of the insured’s liability in the underlying action
• “Whether or not there is a duty to indemnify, however, does not arise until an insured becomes legally obligated to pay damages in the underlying action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).