Legal Opinion
Liverpool & London Steamship Protection & Indemnity Ass'n v. QUEEN OF LEMAN MV
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 27, 2002No. 01-30325, 01-31142PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals involve the interpretation of the choice of law provisions of an insurance contract. The essential question in both of these cases is whether English or United States law determines the existence of a maritime lien for unpaid insurance premiums. Two district courts provided conflicting answers to this question. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that United States law governs.
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Liverpool and London Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association (“L&L”) is an English mutual insurance association that provided protection and indemnity…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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