Coverage after policy expiration
Logg v. TIG Insurance
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Ric and Kelly Logg and the other petitioners asked the Supreme Court to review whether a federal court could let TIG Insurance Company deny coverage under an annual policy based on later events unrelated to the insured risk, despite state law.
- Who it affects
- The Supreme Court did not resolve the Loggs’ coverage question or endorse either side’s position.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear the case, so it did not decide that question.
The petition framed the dispute as a question about when federal courts must follow state law in insurance cases.
Question presented
Whether a federal court sitting in diversity violates Erie and 28 U.S.C. § 1652 by allowing an insurer to defeat coverage under an annual policy based on events occurring after that policy expired and bearing no causal connection to the policy’s insured risk, notwithstanding governing state statutory and common law.
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