People engaged in criminal conduct or conduct intended to causedamage to another often try to buy insurance coverage in casethey’re caught in the act. The attempt fails because they run afoulof the definition of insurance: it only protects against eventsthat are contingent or unknown at the time the policy is acquired.A Mississippi farmer named Mitchell Scruggs learned this lesson thehard way, after several years in court in multiple cases.
Patent Infringement Claim
Monsanto Company develops, manufactures, licenses, and sellsagricultural chemicals, agricultural biotechnology and otheragricultural products. After much research, Monsanto developedgenetically modified seeds that had several favorable traits, suchas resistance to herbicides and certain insects and pests.
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