Construction,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 3, 2021
Insurers’ obligations versus indemnitees’ obligations
While a “subrogated insurer is said to ‘stand in the shoes’ of its insured, because it has no greater rights than the insured. Here ... [the insurer] is seeking to stand in a different, more advantageous set of shoes.”
Garret D. Murai
Partner
Nomos LLP
Garret is the editor of the California Construction Law Blog at www.calconstructionlawblog.com.
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In Carter v. Pulte Home Corporation, 52 Cal. App. 5th 571 (2020), the 1st District Court of Appeal denied an insurance carrier's equitable subrogation claim explaining that an insurer's obligations under its insurance policy are not the same as an indem...
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