Questão jurídica principal
Whether the bank's insurance claim was time-barred under Art. 46 LCA.
Decisão extraída
The two-year limitation period began when the bank settled with the injured parties without reservation, not when the employee's criminal case ended; the claim was already prescribed when suit was filed.
Fundamentação extraída
In liability insurance, the decisive event is the definitive determination of the insured's debt to the victim. A reservation-free transaction is equivalent to a civil judgment. Criminal conviction of the employee is irrelevant to the start of limitation.