April 22, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Schoch v. Lake Champlain OB-GYN, P.C.The New York State Court of Appeals considers the argument from attorneys representing the medical professionals named as policyholders on the insurance policies, that the money should go to their clients.
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April 19, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Patel v. 7-Eleven, Inc.; DP Milk Street Inc.In a potentially quite serious blow to franchising, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently held that Massachusetts' labor laws can be applied to the franchisor-franchisee relationship. Or, put more simply, that franchisees may be employees under Massachusetts law.
By ICLC Editors
23 minute read
April 15, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Tonoga, Inc. v. New Hampshire Insurance Co.As PFAS litigation continues to spur throughout product supply chains, and as new regulations go into effect to mitigate environmental and health impacts of PFAS, policyholders will increasingly turn to insurance carriers to cover losses.
By ICLC Editors
14 minute read
April 15, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. v. American Insurance Co.As PFAS litigation continues to spur throughout product supply chains, and as new regulations go into effect to mitigate environmental and health impacts of PFAS, policyholders will increasingly turn to insurance carriers to cover losses.
By ICLC Editors
40 minute read
April 15, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Colony Ins. Co. v. Buckeye Fire Equipment Co.As PFAS litigation continues to spur throughout product supply chains, and as new regulations go into effect to mitigate environmental and health impacts of PFAS, policyholders will increasingly turn to insurance carriers to cover losses.
By ICLC Editors
11 minute read
April 11, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Suez Treatment Sols., Inc. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.The court decided in favor of an insured, reaffirming the broad duty to defend in New York and recognizing that in some cases, more than one carrier can have a duty to defend.
By ICLC Editors
48 minute read
April 05, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Motorists Mutual Ins. Co. v. Ironics, Inc.The Ohio Supreme Court has declined to adopt the "integrated system" rule as a means of avoiding coverage for losses involving property damage due to the incorporation of the insured's product into a larger whole.
By ICLC Editors
70 minute read
April 01, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
G.M.M. v. Kimpson"Justice should mean the same thing for every American. That's why we need to make big, systemic changes to the way civil damages are determined in this country, to recognize the value of every life and to end the implementation of discriminatory calculations," said Sue Steinman of the American Association for Justice.
By ICLC Editors
75 minute read
April 01, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
JN Contemporary Art LLC v. Phillips Auctioneers LLCThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a district court's ruling granting a defendant auctioneer's motion to dismiss, finding the COVID-19 pandemic created "a circumstance beyond the parties' reasonable control" as outlined in the force majeure clause of an agreement for the sale of a painting.
By ICLC Editors
23 minute read
March 29, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Tex. Pol. Subdivisions Property/Casualty Joint Self Ins. FundInstead of looking solely to the allegations in the pleadings and the terms of the insurance policy, Texas courts may now look beyond the eight corners of those documents to extrinsic evidence under certain circumstances.
By ICLC Editors
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