Choice of Forum - Iowa
August 07, 2008
| Choice of Law | Admission of
Extrinsic Evidence | Insurer
Allocation | Pre-Tender
Fees | Statute of
Limitations | Most significant relationship test
| Facts known to the insurer
| If one claim is potentially covered, must defend entire suit | Not Addressed
| 10 Years
| | First Midwest Corp. v. Corporate Fin. Assocs., 663 N.W.2d 888, 893 (Iowa 2003) | Central Bearings Co. v. Wolverine Ins. Co., 179 N.W.2d 443, 445 (Iowa 1970) | Employers Mut. Cas. Co. v. Cedar Rapids TV Co., 552 N.W.2d 639, 641 (Iowa 1996)
| | (Iowa Code § 614.1[5])
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| Pre-Judgment Interest | Late Notice | Public Policy Bar | Independent Counsel | Atty's Fees/Decl. Relief Action | 2% above prime
| Notice-Prejudice
| Not a bar if late notice was excused, waived or not prejudicial | May choose own counsel
| Recoverable if bad faith, but not if "fairly debatable"
| (Iowa Code § 535.2)
| Tush v. Pharr, et al., 68 P.3d 1239, 1250-51 (Alaska 2003) | Grinnell Mut. Reinsurance Co. v. Jungling, 654 N.W.2d 530, 541-43 (Iowa 2002)
| Rowen v. Le Mars Mut. Ins. Co., 230 N.W.2d 905 (Iowa 1975); First Newton Nat'l Bank, 426 N.W.2d 618 (Iowa 1970) | Clark-Peterson Co., Inc. v. Independent Ins. Assocs., Ltd., 514 N.W.2d 912 (Iowa 1994); Reedy v. White Consol. Industries, Inc., 890 F. Supp. 1417, 1436 (N.D. Iowa 1995) |
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