Legal Opinion
Starks v. North East Insurance Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1979No. 79-261PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
Appellant David A. Starks, defendant in a negligence suit, brought a third-party action to compel his insurer, North East Insurance Co (North East), to defend the suit and indemnify him in the event of his liability for damages. The trial court granted summary judgment for North East, concluding as a matter of law that the insurance company would not be obligated to indemnify Starks because of his 13-month delay in notifying the company of the accident underlying the tort claim. We reverse and remand for jury consideration of the question whether Starks, under the…
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