Maritime Policy Choice-Of-Law Provision Ambiguous, 1st Circuit Rules In Reversal

Mealey's (April 21, 2023, 12:40 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held on April 19 that a marine insurance policy’s choice-of-law provision is ambiguous, and, therefore a federal court erred in finding that New York law barred the insured’s unfair claim settlement practices counterclaim under Massachusetts law, reversing the lower court’s grant of the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings....