Travelers Property Casualty Company of America v. Ocean Reef Charters LLC

  1. June 26, 2023

    11th Circ. Backs Yacht Owner In $2M Hurricane Loss Case

    An Eleventh Circuit panel unanimously upheld a Florida court's ruling against a Travelers unit in a $2 million coverage dispute, finding that the insurer must cover Ocean Reef Charters LLC for a yacht lost to Hurricane Irma in 2017 because it failed to designate two sea captains as expert witnesses.

  2. December 16, 2022

    11th Circ. Mulls Witness Redo In Yacht Coverage Case

    Eleventh Circuit judges seemed torn Friday on whether to allow Travelers to skirt procedural rules and rely on expert witnesses in a case over whether it owes $2 million in coverage for a sunken yacht, with one judge saying the insurer would probably win if the testimony were allowed.

  3. May 05, 2022

    Travelers Must Pay $2M For Sunken Yacht, 11th Circ. Told

    A chartering company urged the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a ruling giving it $2 million in coverage for a sunken yacht, saying Travelers can't rely on testimony from a sea captain to establish that the boat owner contributed to the accident.

  4. March 22, 2022

    Travelers Needn't Pay $2M For Sunken Yacht, 11th Circ. Told

    Travelers urged the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a district court's decision ordering it to pay $2 million to cover a sunken yacht, arguing that the lower court mismanaged witness testimony in determining the insurer couldn't prove its policyholder contributed to the accident.