Majority Affirms Insured Breached Its Duty To Cooperate, Prejudiced Marine Insurers

Mealey's (December 13, 2022, 6:34 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A majority of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of insurers in a coverage dispute over the insured’s “loss of hire” claim arising from its damaged marine vessel, finding that the insurers were prejudiced as a matter of law by the insured’s breach of its implied duty to cooperate....