Court Opinion

ID: 9694839
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 17:56:39.421312+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:05.778165
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McCALEB, Judge
(concurring).
I am in accord with the opinion of the Court of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans in Turner v. Bankers & Shippers Ins. Co. of New York, La.App.; 187 So. 122 (which I authored) holding that an unqualified admission of liability is sufficient, of itself, to operate as a waiver by the insurer of the contractual limitation inserted in the policy.
Additionally, I cannot agree with the indication of the majority that, in order for a waiver to be effective, it must occur after the accrual of the contractual prescription. I see no reason why the waiver of a provision in a contract, inserted for one’s benefit, cannot be made at any time.
In all other respects, I am in agreement with the prevailing opinion.