Coblentz Settlement Cannot Be Enforced Against Excess Insurers, 11th Circuit Affirms

(June 5, 2024, 10:37 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of excess insurers in an insured’s lawsuit seeking to enforce a Coblentz v. Am.Sur. Co. of N.Y. settlement agreement arising from an underlying negligence action, finding that the excess insurers did not breach their duty to defend because they offered to defend under a reservation of rights....