Court Opinion

ID: 7779444
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 21:09:34.301361+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:03.762577
License: Public Domain

Even though, under Safeway Insurance Co. of Alabama v.Thompson, 688 So.2d 271 (Ala.Civ.App. 1996), an injured party
may provide directly to a liability insurer "actual notice" of a pending lawsuit against an insured so as to protect that injured party's inchoate interests as to the insured's liability-insurance coverage,4 I agree with the main opinion's holding that the insured cannot compel indemnification from the insurer unless the insured has itself
complied with contractual duties to provide notice. See AmericanStar Ins. Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 12 Or.App. 553, 559-60,508 P.2d 244, 247 (1973). I therefore concur in the main opinion.
4 Contra, Sears, Roebuck Co. v. Southern Guar. Ins. Co.,675 So.2d 449 (Ala.Civ.App. 1996).