A Yacht Owner’s Breach of a Crew Warranty Did Not Defeat Insurance Coverage For Vessel Destroyed in Hurricane

In late June, a panel of the Eleventh Circuit held that a marine insurer who filed a declaratory judgment action against its insured was not entitled to an adjudication that there was no coverage under the hull and machinery policy for the sinking and total loss of a 92-foot pleasure yacht.

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