Steven A. Meyerowitz, a Harvard Law School graduate, is the founder and president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. He may be contacted at [email protected].
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
November 14, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
20-Year-Old Delaware Precedent Dooms Insurer’s Subrogation Action Against Tenant Who Allegedly Caused Apartment Complex FireA Delaware trial court, relying on a 20-year-old Delaware decision, has dismissed a subrogation action brought by the insurer of an apartment complex against…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
November 14, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
N.J. Attorney General Sues Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary, Alleging It Deceived Public About Dangers of Addictive Opioid ProductsNew Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal has brought a five-count lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson,…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
8 minute read
November 14, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Finding Insurance Application Ambiguous, 8th Circuit Upholds Bad Faith Award to InsuredThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, after finding that an insurance application contained ambiguities, has affirmed a district court decision…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
5 minute read
November 13, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Insurer Could Not Demand IME of Insured After It Made Its Coverage Decision, Colorado Supreme Court RulesThe Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer defending a bad faith case brought by its insured could not try to create new evidence (via an independent…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
November 13, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Washington Supreme Court Asked to Decide If Agent Can Bind Insurer to Additional Insured Status of Third PartyThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has asked the Supreme Court of Washington to decide whether, under Washington law, an insurer is bound…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
3 minute read
November 13, 2018 | FC&S Insurance
Louisiana Is Least Affordable State for Auto Insurance Due to Frequent Claims and Litigation, IRC AssertsLouisiana ranks number one on a list of least affordable states for auto insurance, according to a new study from the Insurance Research Council (“IRC”).In…
By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz
2 minute read