Federal Court Erred In Finding Claim Was Untimely, Insured Argues To 8th Circuit

Mealey's (March 3, 2017, 9:36 AM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — The correct application of the law and the doctrine of waiver do not support a lower federal court’s ruling that a food marketing and distribution company insured’s notice of an underlying lawsuit brought by its former employee was untimely, the insured argued to the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Food Market Merchandising Inc. v. Scottsdale Indemnity Co., 16-3427, 8th Cir.)....