Shower the insurers you have with notice, as James Taylor may or may not have sung in the 1970s. Notify the insurers of a claim sooner rather than later, as litigation attorneys actually do say. A recent decision from an Ohio court of appeals, Blazek v. Ohio Bar Liability Insurance Co., 10th Dist. Franklin No. 22AP-473, 2023-Ohio-1722, is of interest because it adds a new twist on what can happen when notice to the insurer is delayed: notice seemed timely under the policy, but the court held that, in reality, the insureds had entered into a series of policies with the insurer, and the sole relevant policy in that series had expired before the insurer was given notice of the claim.
