Legal Opinion

Therchik v. Grant Aviation, Inc.

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided July 25, 2003No. S-10437PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case concerns the validity of a liability insurer's endorsement limiting coverage of Alaska Civil Rule 82 attorney's fees awards otherwise covered by its policy. The limiting endorsement Houston Casualty Company attached to Grant Aviation's policy deviated from the model form adopted by the Alaska Division of Insurance and had not been pre-approved by the division's director. We conclude that the endorsement did not "conform with" the model form and therefore violated 3 Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) 26.550 (2000). We also conclude that AS…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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  2. Hill v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
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  4. Gary v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pa.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1990
  5. Simmons v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaAlaska Supreme Court · 2001

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