Partner Emily Garrison spoke with Law360 about a recent Delaware court ruling that clarifies how courts determine whether lawsuits are related for insurance coverage purposes, highlighting the ongoing uncertainty in applying the "meaningful linkage" test.
Emily noted that two claims involving the same company will inevitably share facts, and how courts draw the line between related and unrelated claims will involve some subjectivity.
"Figuring out where that line between tangential or meaningful linkage is, it's just not a bright-line test, and it'll continue to be clarified as more decisions come out that apply this meaningful linkage test," Emily told the publication.