November 19, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
“Tract Housing” Exclusion in Homebuilder’s Insurance Policy Doomed Coverage of Homeowners’ Lawsuit, Ninth Circuit SaysThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, affirming a district court decision, has ruled that a “tract housing” exclusion in insurance…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
3 minute read
November 15, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Californian Charged with Intentionally Killing His Two Autistic Children for the InsuranceAli F. Elmezayen, of Hawthorne, California, has been arrested on federal charges alleging that he intentionally drove his domestic partner and two severely…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
3 minute read
November 15, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Settlement Demand Triggered 30 Day Removal Deadline, District Court RulesA federal district court in Florida has ruled that an insurer’s removal of its insured’s state court lawsuit was timely even though it occurred…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
November 15, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Insureds’ Demand Email Sought $77,500, But Did Not Prove Amount in Controversy Exceeded $75,000, District Court DecidesA federal district court in Florida has remanded to state court a case brought by two insureds against their insurance company after concluding that the…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
3 minute read
November 15, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
California Insurance Commissioner Issues Emergency Declaration Relating to WildfiresIn the wake of the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history, the state’s insurance commissioner, Dave Jones, has declared…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
November 15, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Minnesota Supreme Court Limits Insurers’ Subrogation RightsThe Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a statute prohibiting an insurance company from proceeding against “its” insured in a subrogation…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
November 15, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Geico Fails to Overturn $2.76 Million Bad Faith JudgmentA federal district court in Georgia has denied an insurance company’s motion to overturn a $2,763,742 bad faith judgment.The CaseGeico Indemnity…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
5 minute read
November 14, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Jury Decides School District Was Not Liable for Child’s Fall from Monkey BarsA jury in New York has rejected a parent's lawsuit seeking damages from a school district for injuries he said his son suffered when he fell from monkey…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
3 minute read
November 14, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Lloyd’s Opens Insurance Company in BrusselsLloyd’s has opened an insurance company in Belgium.The company said in a statement that Lloyd’s Brussels is Lloyd’s first Europe-wide…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
November 14, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
N.Y. Man Guilty of Fraud to Collect Life Insurance ProceedsTimothy McCluskey, of Williamsville, New York, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.According to prosecutors, between November 21, 2014…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read
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