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Supreme Court of Delaware issued a decision in AT&T Corp. v. Faraday Capital Ltd.

8/4/2010 Articles

Amanda Hairston

When faced with a new complaint, an insured must sometimes confront the issue of whether the "interrelated wrongful acts" exclusion applies because of a claim already noticed during a prior policy year. The Supreme Court of Delaware issued a decision providing some assistance to insureds facing such a problem by affirming that each cause of action in a complaint may constitute a separate "claim" under claims-made insurance policies.

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