Collisions By Runaway Semi Are One 'Accident,' 5th Circ. Says

By Jeff Sistrunk (November 20, 2018, 4:36 PM EST) -- The Fifth Circuit has held that multiple collisions caused by a runaway tractor-trailer are a single accident subject to a $1 million limit in the truck owner's primary policy with Mid-Continent Insurance Co., reversing a lower court's ruling that the company is liable for an additional sum an excess insurer paid to settle claims stemming from the crashes....

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