Choice of Forum - Rhode Island
August 07, 2008
| Choice of Law | Admission of
Extrinsic Evidence | Insurer
Allocation | Pre-Tender
Fees | Statute of
Limitations | Lex loci contractus
| Facts set forth in the pleadings alone
| If one claim is potentially covered, must defend entire suit | Not recoverable
| 4 Years
| Decesare v. Lincoln Benefit Life Co., 2002 R.I. Super. LEXIS 51, at *24 (R.I. Super. 2002)
| Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. v. Narragansett Auto Sales, 764 A.2d 722, 724 (R.I. 2001) | Mellow v. Medical Mal. Joint Underwriting Ass'n, 567 A.2d 367, 368 (R.I. 1989); Nortek, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 858 F. Supp. 1231 (D.R.I. 1993)
| Michaud v. Merrimack Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19930, at *18-19 (D.R.I. 1994) | (6A-2-725); Pirri v. Toledo Scale Corp., 619 A.2d 429 (R.I. 1993)
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| Pre-Judgment Interest | Late Notice | Public Policy Bar | Independent Counsel | Atty's Fees/Decl. Relief Action | 12%
| Notice-Prejudice
| Bar to indemnity and defense | May choose own counsel, but must be approved by insurer
| Recoverable
| (R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-21-10)
| Avco Corp. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 679 A.2d 323, 328-29 (R.I. 1996) | Foxon Packaging Corp. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 905 F. Supp. 1139, 1146 (D.R.I. 1995)
| Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Kelly, 889 F. Supp. 535 (D.R.I. 1995) | Insurance Co. of N. Am. v. Kayser-Roth Corp., 1999 R.I. Super. LEXIS 66 (R.I. Super. 1999) |
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