According to a complaint filed in the Northern District of California federal court, an insurance company must pay for his legal defense "without regard to whether payments may exhaust the policy limit."
The Supreme Court will determine whether a choice of law clause to a maritime insurance policy is unenforceable if its enforcement is contrary to the "strong public policy" of the forum state.
The Supreme Court has entertained a wide variety of maritime cases with issues including a limitation of liability defense and cases involving the scope of marine terms.