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February 14, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A Virginia court has affirmed a decision by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission denying a claim for benefits by an employee who was injured after violating one of his employer’s safety rules – a violation that was captured on video.

By ICLC Staff Writer

17 minute read

February 14, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A Virginia court has upheld a decision by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission calculating the “average weekly wage” of a professional football player who suffered a work-related injury in the contractual circumstances common to players in the National Football League (“NFL”).

By ICLC Staff Writer

26 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A federal district court has ruled that a woman’s designation as beneficiary of her former husband’s life insurance policy was revoked by operation of New Jersey law as a result of the couple’s divorce.

By ICLC Staff Writer

10 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A federal district court in California has ruled that a wrap-up exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy issued to a subcontractor did not preclude coverage of claims against the subcontractor where there was no possibility of duplicative coverage.

By ICLC Staff Writer

16 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, affirming a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, has ruled that a pollution exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy precluded coverage of a claim by an employee who developed an occupational disease known as welder’s lung.

By ICLC Staff Writer

13 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

An Arizona court has upheld a decision awarding death benefits to the widow of a worker whom the employer contended could not have been his employee because the worker was an “illegal alien.”

By ICLC Staff Writer

14 minute read

February 13, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A federal district court in Colorado has ruled that an insurance company that insured a houseboat did not have to cover the claim of a woman who said she had been severely injured by a powerboat while she was floating on a kayak tethered to the houseboat.

By ICLC Staff Writer

18 minute read

February 11, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, affirming a district court’s decision, has ruled that an excess insurance policy that “expressly state[d]” that it was subject to exclusions in the underlying coverage was subject to an exclusion incorporated into the underlying policy through an endorsement.

By ICLC Staff Writer

7 minute read

February 08, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

A woman injured in a livery vehicle in Manhattan has been awarded $100,000 in damages.

By ICLC Staff Writer

1 minute read

February 08, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

An appellate court in Pennsylvania has ruled that a “regular use” exclusion in a personal automobile insurance policy applied where the insured was in an accident while driving his employer’s truck even though he only had driven that same truck two other times.

By ICLC Staff Writer

19 minute read