Panel: Carrier, Broker Not Liable To Insurer For $84,511 In Damaged Batteries

Mealey's (April 23, 2018, 9:33 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 17 affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling that rejected an insurer’s lawsuit seeking to recover the $84,511.23 that it paid to its insured after a cargo of batteries that were owned by the insured’s customer allegedly incurred damage during transport (New York Marine and General Insurance Co. v. Estes Express Lines, Inc., et al., No. 16-56748, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 9667)....