Choice of Forum - Kentucky
August 07, 2008
| Choice of Law | Admission of
Extrinsic Evidence | Insurer
Allocation | Pre-Tender
Fees | Statute of
Limitations | Greatest interest in the outcome test
| Facts known to the insurer
| Not addressed | Not addressed
| 15 Years
| | Breeding v. Massachusetts Indem. & Life Ins. Co., 633 S.W.2d 717, 719 (Ky. 1982) | Pizza Magia Int'l, LLC v. Assurance Co. of America, 447 F. Supp. 2d 766, 779 (W.D. Ky. 2006) | | | (Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 413.090) |
| Pre-Judgment Interest | Late Notice | Public Policy Bar | Independent Counsel | Atty's Fees/Decl. Relief Action | 8%
| Notice-Prejudice
| Bar to indemnity and defense | May refuse insurer's reservation of rights defense, but unclear as to who covers expense
| Not recoverable
| (Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 360.010)
| Jones v. Bituminous Cas. Corp., 821 S.W.2d 798 (Ky. 1991) | American Hardware Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mitchell, 870 S.W.2d 783, 785 (Ky. 1993)
| O'Bannon v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 678 S.W.2d 390 (Ky. 1984) | Porter v. Citizens Fid. Bank & Trust Co., 554 S.W.2d 397 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977); Federal Ins. Co. v. West, 628 S.W.2d 632 (Ky. Ct. App. 1981) |
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