Matthew D Rosso

Matthew D Rosso

September 07, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Drafting Contractual Indemnity Provisions to Maximize Coverage Under Pa. Law

This article focuses on a just few of the many potential disputes that may arise with respect to indemnification under Pennsylvania law. Does the indemnification provision apply to claims for a party's own negligence?

By Matthew D. Rosso and Elizabeth F. Vieyra

8 minute read

August 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Interrelated Acts': A Vexing Problem for Policyholders

Policyholders seeking (and renewing) coverage under claims-made policies should be wary of provisions dealing with "interrelated acts." Directors and officers liability insurance policies, for example, often contain "interrelated wrongful acts" provisions that typically provide that claims arising from interrelated wrongful acts are deemed made at the time the original claim was first made. In other words, a later claim will relate back to when the original interrelated claim first arose. The impact of such provisions on policyholders can be beneficial, or devastating.

By John N. Ellison, 
Matthew D. Rosso
and Miranda A. Jannuzzi

12 minute read