Connecticut Judge: Collateral, Judicial Estoppel Apply In Maritime Coverage Dispute

(August 21, 2023, 3:31 PM EDT) -- STAMFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut judge granted a marine cargo insurer’s motion for summary judgment in an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for the alleged theft and/or misappropriation of 25,250 metric tons of its alumina, finding that both collateral and judicial estoppel apply and that the insurer demonstrated that the policy’s free of capture and seizure (FC&S) exclusion bars coverage....