Choice of Forum - Maine
August 05, 2008
| Choice of Law | Admission of
Extrinsic Evidence | Insurer
Allocation | Pre-Tender
Fees | Statute of
Limitations | Most significant contacts
| Facts set forth in the pleadings alone
| If one claim is potentially covered, must defend entire suit | Not Addressed
| 6 Years
| Schroeder v. Rynel, Ltd., Inc., 720 A.2d 1164, 1166 (Me. 1998)
| Penney v. Capitol City Transfer, Inc., 707 A.2d 387, 389 (Me. 1998)
| Essex Ins. Co. v. La Kermesse Franco Americaine, 950 F. Supp. 413, 415-16 (D. Me. 1996)
| | (14 M.R.S. § 752)
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| Pre-Judgment Interest | Late Notice | Public Policy Bar | Independent Counsel | Atty's Fees/Decl. Relief Action | 8%
| Notice-prejudice
| Bar to indemnity
| May choose own counsel
| Recoverable if duty to defend was "clear"
| (14 M.R.S. § 1602-B)
| Marquis v. Farm Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., 628 A.2d 644 (Me. 1993)
| Landry v. Leonard, 720 A.2d 907, 910 (Me. 1998) | Amoco Oil Co. v. Dingwell, 690 F. Supp. 78 (D. Me. 1988) | Gibson v. Farm Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., 673 A.2d 1350 (Me. 1996)
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