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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1364. Direct actions against insurers of members of diplomatic missions and their families
(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.
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