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Maryland CHOICE OF FORUM
Choice of Law | Admission of Extrinsic Evidence | Insurer Allocation | Pre-Tender Fees | Statute of Limitations |
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Lex loci contractus | 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 Cas. Co. v. Board of Educ. of Charles County, 489 A.2d 536, 542 (Md. 1985) | Sherwood Brands v. Hartford Acc. & 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 |
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6% | Notice-prejudice | Not a bar | May choose own counsel | Recoverable |
(Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, § 6C) | Employers’ Liab. Assur. Corp. v. Hoechst Celanese Corp., 684 N.E.2d 600, 605, 609 (Mass. App. Ct. 1997) Aquino v. Pacesetter Adjustment Co., 416 F. Supp. 2d 181, 196 (D. Mass. 2005) | Boston Housing Auth. v. Atlanta Int'l Ins. Co., 781 F. Supp. 80, 83 (D. Mass. 1992) | Magoun v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 195 N.E.2d 514, 519 (Mass. 1964) | Preferred Mut. Ins. Co. v. Gamache, 686 N.E.2d 989 (Mass. 1997) Safety Ins. Co. v. Day, 836 N.E.2d 339, 347 (Mass. App. Ct. 2005) |