Great American Insurance v. C. G. Tate Construction Co.

MARTIN, Justice.

This case concerns insurance policy notice provisions requiring that an insured notify the insurer “as soon as practicable” and positing that the requirement operates as a condition precedent to coverage. The question of how to construe that provision and this case have been before this Court once before, in Insurance Co. v. Construction Co., 303 N.C. 387, 279 S.E. 2d 769 (1981).

The course of events culminating in this appeal was initiated by the collision of a fuel truck with an automobile, which occurred on 6 April 1976 on a two-lane road that was in the process of being…