Choice of Forum - Maryland
August 07, 2008
| Choice of Law | Admission of
Extrinsic Evidence | Insurer
Allocation | Pre-Tender
Fees | Statute of
Limitations | Lex loci contractu
| Facts available to the insurer
| If one claim is potentially covered, must defend entire suit | Recoverable
| 3 Years
| | Ward v. Nationwide Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 328 Md. 240, 246-47 (1992) | Montgomery County Bd. of Educ. v. Horace Mann Ins. Co., 840 A.2d 220, 225 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2003) | Continental Casualty Co. v. Board of Educ. of Charles County, 489 A.2d 536, 542 (Md. 1985)
| Sherwood Brands v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 698 A.2d 1078, 1086-87 (Md. 1997) | (Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-101)) |
| Pre-Judgment Interest | Late Notice | Public Policy Bar | Independent Counsel | Atty's Fees/Decl. Relief Action | 6%
| Notice-Prejudice
| Not a bar | May choose own counsel
| Recoverable
| | (Article II, § 57 of the Constitution of Maryland) | Allstate Ins. Co. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 363 Md. 106, 122 (2001) | Bailer v. Erie Ins. Exch., 344 Md. 515, 535 (1997) | Allstate Ins. Co. v. Campbell, 639 A.2d 652 (Md. 1994); Wolfe v. Anne Arundel County, 761 A.2d 935 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2000) | Litz v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 695 A.2d 566 (Md. 1997);
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Campbell, 639 A.2d 652 (Md. 1994) |
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