When the Hand That Maimed Is the Hand That Nurses: On the Insurer’s Sudden Modesty
He crippled his wife, then nursed her for years — now his insurer calls that kindness a reason not to pay.
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When Is a Passenger a ‘Third Party’? [Sa’Amran 11/11]
The victim was the insured’s husband, riding to a work audit in his wife’s car. The insurer said the policy did not cover him, sat out the trial’s coverage fight, lost it, and then demanded the victim sue all over again. The Federal Court declined to oblige.
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Whom Does an Insurer’s sec. 96(3) Declaration Actually Bind? [Sa’Amran 9/11]
The insurer won a declaration against its own insured, then waved it at the crash victim like a writ of execution. Appeal No. 7 of Sa’Amran asked the question the order itself could not answer: whom does a section 96(3) declaration actually bind?
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Must a Crash Victim Win Twice Before the Insurer Pays? [Sa’Amran 8/11]
The victim won his judgment; the insurer’s answer was to sue him for asking to be paid. Appeal No. 6 of Sa’Amran ended the myth of the second lawsuit — and Chen Boon Kwee has since nailed the lid down.
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Does a Letter From 1985 Still Bind Malaysia’s Motor Insurers? [Sa’Amran 7/11]
Two informal sales, a register three years out of date, and an insurer hoping that a 1992 agreement had quietly erased a 1985 letter. The Federal Court’s memory proved longer than the insurer’s.
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When Is a Judgment Not Worth the Paper It Is Printed On? [Sa’Amran 6/11]
An insurer raced to the High Court for a declaration that it owed nothing — before the trial court had decided whether its rider was even in the accident. It won. The victim then won his trial. Two judgments, one collision, and a paper judgment not worth the paper it is printed on. The Federal ...
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