As an update to our blog post on June 2, 2021, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed an Oregon court’s ruling that a venue clause in a Chinese liability policy required that a coverage dispute between an additional insured and Zurich will have to be litigated in China.
In this case, JPaulJones (JPJ) contracted with a Chinese firm to manufacture products designed by JPJ, and had specified that it would be an additional insured on the manufacturer’s liability policy with a Chinese Zurich affiliate…
