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Code · U.S. Code · Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 85— DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION · § 1364

§ 1364. Direct actions against insurers of members of diplomatic missions and their families

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(a)The district courts shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, of any civil action commenced by any person against an insurer who by contract has insured an individual, who is, or was at the time of the tortious act or omission, a member of a mission (within the meaning of section 2(3) of the Diplomatic Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 254a(3))) or a member of the family of such a member of a mission, or an individual described in section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of February 13, 1946, against liability for personal injury, death, or damage to property.
(b)Any direct action brought against an insurer under subsection
(a)shall be tried without a jury, but shall not be subject to the defense that the insured is immune from suit, that the insured is an indispensable party, or in the absence of fraud or collusion, that the insured has violated a term of the contract, unless the contract was cancelled before the claim arose.
(Added Pub. L. 95–393, § 7(a), Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 809; amended Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 203(b)(4), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 138(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1347.)
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  • Pub. L. 95–393, § 7(a)
  • 92 Stat. 809
  • Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 203(b)(4)
  • 96 Stat. 291
  • Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 138(a)
  • 101 Stat. 1347
  • Pub. L. 100–204
  • Pub. L. 97–241
  • Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 138(b)
  • section 204 of Pub. L. 97–241
  • section 9 of Pub. L. 95–393
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§ 1364
Direct actions against insurers of members of diplomatic missions and their families
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–393, § 7(a)
Stat.92 Stat. 809
Pub. L.Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 203(b)(4)
Stat.96 Stat. 291
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 138(a)
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