Camp v. St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “(1) WHETHER, AS A MATTER OF LAW, A NAMED INSURED'S BANKRUPTCY AND DISCHARGE FROM LIABILITY PRIOR TO EXPOSURE TO AN EXCESS JUDGMENT, SUCH THAT THE NAMED INSURED WAS NEVER PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF THE JUDGMENT, PRECLUDES AN INJURED PARTY'S OR BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE'S SUBSEQUENT BAD FAITH CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST AN INSURANCE COMPANY. (2) WHETHER, AS A MATTER OF LAW, THE LANGUAGE OF A BANKRUPTCY CLAUSE IN A PARTICULAR INSURANCE POLICY, SUCH AS THE LANGUAGE AT ISSUE IN THIS CASE, CAN AUTHORIZE AN INJURED PARTY'S OR BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE'S BAD FAITH ACTION AGAINST AN INSURANCE COMPANY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE NAMED INSURED WAS NEVER PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF AN EXCESS JUDGMENT DUE TO THE NAMED INSURED'S BANKRUPTCY.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Venn v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. · 616 So. 2d 12 - Camp v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

2. “At any time after one (1) year has elapsed since a bankrupt or debtor was discharged from his debts, pursuant to the Act of Congress relating to Bankruptcy, the bankrupt or debtor, his receiver or trustee, or any interested party may petition the Court in which the judgment was rendered against such bankrupt or debtor for an order to cancel and discharge such judgment.... If it appears upon the hearing that the bankrupt or debtor has been discharged from the payment of that judgment or of the debt upon which it was recovered, the Court shall enter an order canceling and discharging said judgment. The order of cancellation and discharge shall have the same effect as a satisfaction of judgment....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Venn v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

3. “), is the insurer of Dr. Fariss Kimbell, a neurosurgeon who became bankrupt in 1986. Two years prior to the filing of Kimbell's bankruptcy petition, St. Paul assumed Kimbell's defense in a medical malpractice suit filed by Anna Rue Camp (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Venn v. St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company