Northshire Communications, Inc. v. AIU Insurance

Plaintiff Northshire Communications, Inc. (“Northshire”) appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendant AIU Insurance Company (“AIU”) in this insurance coverage action. The jury found that AIU was substantially prejudiced by Northshire’s failure to comply with the prompt-notice provision of its liability insurance policy and thus was not required to provide coverage. On appeal, Northshire contends that it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on AIU’s affirmative coverage defense that Northshire breached the prompt-notice provision of their insurance contract. To support this…