Excess Insurer Must Be Reimbursed For Defenses Costs Paid In Carbon Monoxide Suit

( August 13, 2024, 8:12 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — An excess insurer is entitled to reimbursement from another insurer for defense costs incurred on behalf of an insured in an underlying suit seeking damages caused by carbon monoxide poisoning because the evidence shows that the insured timely tendered a copy of the underlying suit, which asserted covered claims under the other insurer’s policy, a Maryland federal judge said in granting the excess insurer’s motion for summary judgment....