Choice of Forum - North Dakota
August 07, 2008
| Choice of Law | Admission of
Extrinsic Evidence | Insurer
Allocation | Pre-Tender
Fees | Statute of
Limitations | Most significant relationship
| Facts set forth in the pleadings alone
| Only where insurer can allocate specific expenses with "clear evidence" | Not addressed
| 6 Years
| Daley v. American States Preferred Ins. Co., 587 N.W.2d 159, 162-63 (N.D. 1998)
| Applegren v. Milbank Mut. Ins. Co., 268 N.W.2d 114, 118-19 (N.D. 1978) | Prince v. University Underwriters Ins. Co., 143 N.W.2d 708, 717 (N.D. 1966); Pennzoil Co. v. USF&G, 50 F.3d 580, 583 (8th Cir. 1995)
| | (N.D. Cent. Code § 28-01-16)
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| Pre-Judgment Interest | Late Notice | Public Policy Bar | Independent Counsel | Atty's Fees/Decl. Relief Action | 6%
| Notice-Prejudice
| Bar to indemnity and defense | Not addressed
| Recoverable
| (N.D. Cent. Code § 47-14-05)
| Finstad v. Steiger Tractor, 301 N.W.2d 392, 398 (N.D. 1981); Simundson v. United Coastal Ins. Co., 951 F. Supp. 165, 167 (D.N.D. 1997) | Nodak Mut. Ins. Co. v. Heim, 559 N.W.2d 846, 851 (N.D. 1997)
| Fetch v. Quam, 530 N.W.2d 337 (N.D. 1995) | Employers Reins. Corp. v. Landmark, 547 N.W.2d 527 (N.D. 1996) |
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