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Hannah Smith

Hannah Smith

February 22, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Family of Texas Deep Freeze Victim Sues ERCOT for $100M

CW: Child Death. More than a dozen people have perished in homes that lost heat during the Texas power grid failure.

By Hannah Smith

3 minute read

February 22, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Woman Sues Partner's Employer Over COVID Infection

If the case proceeds, plaintiffs will have to prove the virus was contracted from the workplace.

By Hannah Smith

2 minute read

February 22, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Cuomo Mandates Coverage for Fertility Treatments for LGBTQ Couples

With this move, New York leads the nation in protecting the rights of all New Yorkers and making it easier to start a family by expanding access to safe and affordable fertility treatments.

By Hannah Smith

2 minute read

February 17, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

West Virginia Commissioner Clears Up 'Full Coverage' Confusion

The bulletin was issued to encourage insurance companies to use precise and easily understandable language when discussing specific coverage options or policy terms.

By Hannah Smith

2 minute read

February 17, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Compensation is Owed to Worker Walking Own Dog

The employee was injured when he slipped on a log and fell while walking his dog around a lake.

By Hannah Smith

2 minute read

February 16, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Robinhood Sued for Death of 20 Year Old Trader

CW: Suicide. The trader killed himself after wrongfully believing that he owed more than $700k in order to save his family from such an extensive amount of debt.

By Hannah Smith

3 minute read

February 11, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Class Actions Resulting from COVID Claims and Bad Faith: Part 2

With policies containing different terms and each claim involving different factual scenarios, can policyholders establish a class action claim for bad faith?

By Stacy Manobianca and Andres Avila

11 minute read

February 10, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Former Anderson Kill Attorney Joins New Boutique Firm

Insurance Coverage Law Center Editorial Advisory Board member Nicholas Maxwell joins the boutique insurance recovery firm less than a month after its launch.

By Hannah Smith

1 minute read

February 10, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Chart: Cases Spurred by the COVID-19 Pandemic

While most of these cases have to do with business interruption and the virus exclusion, there are a couple of outliers.

By Hannah Smith

1 minute read

February 10, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Irish Pubs Win Test Case for Pandemic Loss Claims

In his 200+ page judgment, Justice McDonald said that he was "struck, quite forcefully" when he realized that people who take out insurance may never truly know what they are signing up for.

By Hannah Smith

3 minute read