Insurer Was Prejudiced By Delayed Notice Of Possible Claim, 5th Circuit Affirms

( February 5, 2025, 10:58 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 4 affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a marine insurer in a lawsuit arising from a ship’s allision with an embankment, finding that the insurer was actually prejudiced by the insured and additional insured’s failure to provide prompt notice of the allision....