Interpleader and oil spills and indemnity, oh my! The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that filing an interpleader action does not trigger an excess insurer’s responsibility in a claim.The details in this case read more like an algebraic equation than a fact pattern, (“the M/V TINTOMARA struck the DM-932”), so we’ll spare you the nitty-gritty specifics in favor of our digestible version: there was an accident on the Mississippi River that resulted in an oil spill. And oil spills are bad.

Related Resources:

  • FindLaw’s Fifth Circuit blog (FindLaw)
  • Summary Judgment for Excess Insurer in Coverage Dispute Partially Reversed, and Criminal, Employment and Insurance Matters (FindLaw’s Fifth Circuit blog)

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