Wyatt v. Colonial Clay Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an across-the-board denial of coverage operates as a waiver
• “An insurer is not deemed to have received notice by learning of the occurrence giving rise to a claim from a third party.”
• ‘New York courts have, on numerous occasions, ruled that an insured’s inexcusable delay in providing notice of a claim excuses the insurer’s obligation to provide coverage.”
• “New York courts have routinely held that when an insurance policy requires notice to be provided as soon as practicable, delays of as little as one to four months were not within a reasonable period of time as a matter of law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).