ANTAL'S RESTAURANT v. LUMBERMEN'S MUT.

No. 95-CV-1333.

680 A.2d 1386 (1996)

ANTAL'S RESTAURANT, INC., Appellant, v. LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL CASUALTY CO., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Joseph Barse was on the brief for appellant.

Sanford A. Friedman was on the brief for appellee.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

In this case, we apply (for the first time in this jurisdiction) the settled principle that an express anti-assignment clause of an insurance contract does not bar assignment of an insured's claim (or "chose in action") against the insurer after a loss has occurred. Since the trial court's grant of summary judgment rested on a contrary determination, we reverse.

I.

For present purposes, the facts are undisputed. Appellants...

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