Steven A. Meyerowitz
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].
May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Iowa Supreme Court Bars Injured Worker's Bad Faith Claim Against Third Party Claims AdministratorThe Supreme Court of Iowa has ruled that a common law cause of action for bad faith failure to pay workers' compensation benefits was not available against the third party claims administrator of a worker's compensation insurance carrier.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
6 minute read
May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds 'Ridiculous' Insurance Policy Forum Selection Clause Requiring Suit in New YorkA divided Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that Louisiana law does not prohibit the enforcement of a forum selection clause in an insurance policy requiring litigation in New York – a result the dissent called “ridiculous.”
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
NRA Sees More Claims Dismissed in Suit Against New York Relating to Carry Guard InsuranceA district court judge in New York has dismissed numerous claims brought by the National Rifle Association of America against various New York officials relating to the NRA's Carry Guard insurance.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
7 minute read
May 13, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Insurer's Post-Suit Payment of Appraisal Amounted to Confession It Breached PolicyA Florida appellate court has ruled that an insurer's post-suit payment of an appraisal award constituted a confession that it had incorrectly denied benefits to its insureds by erroneously invoking the policy sublimit in its formal response to the claim they submitted before suing.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
7 minute read
May 10, 2019 | Daily Business Review
Gone Boat Gone: Theft Before Reinstatement Not Covered by InsuranceAn investigation turned up video of a boat theft hours before the owner called to reinstate his insurance policy.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
May 09, 2019 | Daily Business Review
Court: No Notice by Towing Company, No Right to Sell JeepA Florida appellate court rejects a towing company's claim to a damaged Jeep Compass after the owner failed to retrieve it before auction.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
5 minute read
May 09, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Considering Insurance Coverage for ShootingsThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court has heard oral argument about liability insurance coverage for shootings - a case with important implications, given that the Court will be interpreting the term “occurrence” that appears in virtually every commercial general liability insurance policy.
By Timothy P. Law
4 minute read
May 09, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Uber Driver Totaled Car, But Lender Receives Insurance Payments Despite Policy ExclusionA Massachusetts court has ruled that a secured lender's loss in a totaled vehicle was covered under the vehicle's insurance policy even though the collision occurred while the vehicle was being used to transport Uber passengers, in violation of the policy's public conveyance exclusion.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
May 09, 2019 | The Recorder
Uber Driver Totaled Car, But Lender Receives Insurance Payments Despite Policy ExclusionA Massachusetts court has ruled that a secured lender's loss in a vehicle totaled in a crash in San Bruno, Calif., was covered under the vehicle's insurance policy even though the collision occurred while the vehicle was being used to transport Uber passengers, in violation of the policy's public conveyance exclusion.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
5 minute read
May 09, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Immunity for Inspections Performed (or Not) by Workers' Comp InsurersThe Supreme Court of Iowa has upheld a provision of Iowa law granting immunity to workers' compensation insurance carriers for inspections they perform (or fail to perform).
By Steven A. Meyerowitz
4 minute read
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