Colonial Insurance v. Barrett

STARCHER, Justice:

This appeal of a declaratory judgment from the Circuit Court of Mercer County concerns a requirement in a liability insurance policy that notice of a claim against a policyholder be given to the insurance company as soon as possible.

In the instant case, the insurance company received prompt notice of a claim from a person injured by a policyholder’s negligence. However, the insurance company argued below that the ‘policyholder had failed to give any notice of the claim to the insurance company, and the policy’s notice requirements had not been met. The circuit court entered…