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].

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January 17, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Does Insurance Policy Have Enforceable Appraisal Provision or Unenforceable Binding Arbitration Provision? Here’s One Court’s View.

A federal district court in Washington has issued a decision exploring whether an insurance policy provision was enforceable as an appraisal provision…

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

6 minute read

January 17, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

NRA-Affiliated Insurance Is Banned in Washington

The insurance commissioner of the state of Washington, Mike Kreidler, has banned the sale of insurance policies branded by the National Rifle Association…

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

3 minute read

January 16, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Insurer Could Not Tell Jury About Insured's Smoking Habit, Court Rules

A federal district court in Pennsylvania has ruled that an automobile insurance company could not tell a jury that the insured plaintiff smoked cigarettes without being able to demonstrate the specific impact of that habit on the plaintiff's own life expectancy.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

5 minute read

January 16, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

States Receive New Federal Drugged Driving Grants

Through federal funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), the Governors Highway Safety Association (“GHSA”)…

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read

January 16, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

National Association of Insurance Commissioners Names 2019 Zone Committee Leaders

Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) have elected the 2019 zone officers.“Zone leaders play an important…

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read

January 16, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

California Jury Rejects Plaintiff’s Slip-and-Fall Claim Against Hospital

A jury in California has ruled that a hospital was not liable for injuries allegedly suffered by a visitor who said he slipped on soda that had been spilled…

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

2 minute read

January 16, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Facing Well Over $30 Billion of Wildfires-Related Claims, PG&E Reports Only About $2 Billion of Insurance. Hence, Bankruptcy.

PG&E Corporation has announced that it is preparing to enter Chapter 11 with its regulated utility subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the “Utility”),…

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

9 minute read

January 16, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Exclusion Barred Coverage of Claims Against Log Home Builder Stemming from Beetle Infestation

A federal district court in Montana has ruled that an insurance company did not have to cover claims against the builder of a log home for damage stemming…

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

6 minute read

January 16, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Insurance Policy Exclusions Barred Coverage of Suit Against Employer Alleging One Employee Attacked and Sexually Assaulted Another, 5th Circuit Rules

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision that exclusions in a commercial general liability insurance…

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

6 minute read

January 15, 2019 | FC&S Insurance

Appellate Court Upholds Offset of Pretrial Medical Payments Made by Insurer Against Judgment in Insured’s Favor

An appellate court in Georgia has affirmed a trial court’s decision offsetting the amount an insurer had paid before trial for the insured’s…

By FC&S Legal Director Esq. Steven A. Meyerowitz

4 minute read

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