Embroidme.com, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, No. 14-10616 (11th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseIn the underlying lawsuit EmbroidMe was sued for alleged copyright infringement. EmbroidMe was insured by Travelers but failed to notify Travelers of the claim filed against it or to request that Travelers provide EmbroidMe with a defense on the suit. Travelers subsequently refused to reimburse EmbroidMe for legal expenses. EmbroidMe argued that because Travelers’ notification refusing to pay pre-tender legal expenses was made after the thirty-day statutory deadline had elapsed, it must now pay the pre-tender legal expenses. The court affirmed the district court's conclusion that Travelers’ refusal to reimburse expenses of EmbroidMe to which it had not consented did not constitute a coverage defense, meaning that the statutory time period for an insurer to notify its insured of its defense to coverage did not apply. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Travelers.
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