Reasonableness of Timely Notice to Insurer Is Jury Question, Wisconsin Court Rules

MADISON, Wis. - Whether an insured's delay in giving timely notice of an asbestos-exposure claim to its insurance carrier is reasonable is a question for the jury, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a trial court's summary judgment in favor of the carrier. Sybron et al. v. Security Insurance Co. of Hartford et al., No. 99-3050 (Wis. Ct. App.).

Sybron International Corp., Sybron Transition Corp. and Kerr Manufacturing (collectively Sybron) appealed from a circuit court's grant of summary judgment to their insurer, Security Insurance Co. of Hartford. Sybron argued that the lower court erred in concluding that, …