Dumont v. Knapp

I am in full accord with the result reached in this case. This concurrence is advanced only to suggest my concern about the present state of our law about notice provisions in insurance policies. There is no doubt but that there is and must be a duty imposed on a policyholder to do his best to post his insurer concerning potential liability involving his insurer as soon as he can reasonably do so.

It is also quite apparent that, in cases like the present, courts tend to view the facts and test the reasonableness of policyholders who fail to give what might otherwise be immediate notice in a…