National Casualty Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Memorandum Opinion

ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, JR., District Judge.

One of the central legal questions in this case is the proper standard for assessing “want of due diligence” within the meaning of the Liner Negligence Clause (“LNC”) of the insurance policy. Lockheed Martin has taken exception to several of the Court’s final jury instructions, in particular the instruction defining want of due diligence. 1 In addition to the reasons set forth on the record, the Court provides the following additional reasons to support its instruction to the jury on the meaning of due diligence. 2

The LNC initially…