Coverage under some types of insurance, such as life insurance, can be accumulated by an insured in what might be considered very large amounts without raising an insurer’s concern about the size of the award to be made upon the occurrence of the event that triggers the insurer’s payment obligation under the policy. A policy of motor vehicle insurance, in …
Automobile Fire Insurance
While the popular impression of the flammability of motor vehicles may be exaggerated due to such things as the manner in which they are portrayed on television and in the movies, cars and trucks do contain flammable materials, and they obtain their motive power through the use of flammable fuel. As a result they occasionally catch fire, causing damage to …
Auto Insurance Notice Requirements
Because the business of motor vehicle insurance is a complicated one that may necessitate the transmittal of a great deal of information between the parties to an auto insurance policy, issues related to the duties of an insurer and an insured to give notice to one another of matters affecting the status of a policy or the occurrence of events …
Contributory Negligence Remains a Complete Bar to Recovery in Negligence Actions
In Coleman v. Soccer Association of Columbia, the Maryland Court of Appeals was recently presented with the issue of whether it should abrogate the doctrine of contributory negligence and adopt comparative negligence, which is followed by the majority of other states. In declining to adopt comparative negligence, the Court noted that since it was last presented with and considered the issue …