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Vol. 4, Iss. 11
November 11, 2015

Thanksgiving And Insurance Coverage: They Go Together Like Peas And Carrots

[This article originally appeared in the November 27, 2013 issue of Coverage Opinions. I know. I’m two weeks early for Thanksgiving -- but the next issue of CO will be too late for the holiday. I decided better early than late.]

You would think that Thanksgiving is one of a few days a year when insurance coverage could just take a break. A day when insurance policies and claims could just sit down on the sofa and drift into a deep turkey-induced nap. But insurance coverage gets no rest – even on one of the most restful and lazy days of the year. Consider the amount of coverage litigation over the years involving Thanksgiving and its many symbols. [These are real. Sometimes I make stuff up in CO. This isn’t one of them.]

Jenkins v. Mayflower Insurance Exchange, 380 P.2d 145 (Ariz. 1963)

State Insurance Fund v. David A. Gobble, 755 P.2d 653 (Ok. 1988)

Essex Insurance Co. v. The Great Pumpkin, LLC, 2008 WL 550038 (D.S.C. Feb. 26, 2008)

Hodgate v. Pilgrim Insurance Company, 2013 WL 812178 (Conn. Super. Ct. Feb. 1, 2013)

John Smith v. Lexington Insurance Co., 2007 WL 4374229 (E.D. La. Dec. 13, 2007)

Duryee v. Pie Mutual Insurance Co., 1998 WL 832180 (Ohio Ct. App. Dec. 1, 1998)

Thanksgiving Home, Inc. v. U.S. Distributing, Inc. v. St. Paul Travelers Companies, 2006 WL 2726139 (N.D.N.Y. Dec. 15, 2006)

Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. v. Fox Turkey Farms, Inc., 301 F.2d 697 (8th Cir. 1962)

Corn v. Farmers Insurance Co., 2013 WL 5946942 (Ark. Nov. 7, 2013)

Puritan Insurance Co. v. County of Wayne, 536 N.W.2d 777 (Mich. 1995)

Irwin Potato Farms v. Mutual Service Casualty Ins., 2003 WL 21419427 (Mich. Ct. App. June 19, 2003)

Capel v. Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp., 62 A.3d 582 (Conn. Ct. App. Apr. 2, 2013)

MISR Insurance Co. v. El-Yam Bulk Carriers, 80 F.R.D. 438 (1978)

Hartford Insurance Co. v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, 1999 WL 529302 (E.D. Pa. July 23, 1999)

Thursday A. Booker v. Classified Insurance Corp., 568 N.W.2d 320 (Wisc. Ct. App. 1997)

New World Frontier, Inc. v. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Co., 676 N.Y.S.2d 648 (App. Div. 1998)

Mom’s Old Fashioned Gravy v. USF&G, 784 P.2d 936 (Mont. 1989)

National Farmers Union Ins. Companies v. Crow Tribe of Indians of Montana, 560 F.Supp. 213 (D. Mont. 1983)

American Traditions Ins. Co. v. Whirlpool Corp., 2013 WL 4648476 (M.D.Fla. Aug. 29, 2013)

 
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