Opinion ID: 50547
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Letter

Text: The last item of evidence offered by Fireman’s Fund is a September 2001 letter from Liberty Mutual to Fireman’s Fund. The letter states, in part: I have enclosed in connection with the reference matter Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company Check No. 8018688 in the amount of $200,000 made payable to [Ms. Doe and her attorneys]. Tender of this check by Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company is not intended as nor should it be construed as an admission by Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company or any related companies of any liability under Policy No. RG2-W31-004265-010 in connection with the matters at issue. Said tender is made subject to Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company’s full and complete reservation of rights under the above-reference policy and without prejudice to any of the claims and/or defenses currently asserted or which may be asserted by Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company in the lawsuit styled and numbered Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Virtu Signature Square Associates, LLC, et al., in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division, Civil Action No. 3:01CV860WS. Like the other items, this letter too fails to prove a mutual agreement between Fireman’s Fund and Liberty Mutual. It does not mention Fireman’s Fund or any mutual agreement between Fireman’s Fund and Liberty Mutual. Neither does it purport to reserve any of Liberty Mutual’s rights with respect to Fireman’s 17 Fund. Instead, it unilaterally confirms Liberty Mutual’s reservation of rights under the Liberty Mutual Policy with respect to its insureds and reserves all existing claims and defenses with respect to the pending lawsuit between Liberty Mutual and Virtu and Denham. It is therefore insufficient to constitute evidence of a mutual agreement to litigate subsequently.