Westchester Fire Ins. Co. v. G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that choice-of-law principles control only in the absence of an effective choice-of-law provision
• affirming trial court’s ruling that insurer had duty to defend but reversing the ruling that insurer breached that duty
• finding no breach when declaratory judgment was filed 15 months before settlement
• emphasizing principal place of business over location of insurance broker used to procure policies
• discussing location of offices, location where business is carried out, and “nerve center test,” which “focuses on the location of decision making as opposed to the volume of activity at various locations”
• estoppel did not apply, where insurer filed declaratory judgment action six months after receiving notice of the lawsuit and fifteen months before it was settled

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).