Timothy P Law

August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

An insurance company's duty to defend carries with it a conditional duty to indemnify a settlement reached prior to judgment. When an underlying action is settled, there are often unresolved factual questions. In almost all circumstances, Pennsylvania law does not permit a trial of those facts in an insurance declaratory judgment action.

By Timothy P. Law and Lisa Szymanski

8 minute read

November 10, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

With regard to settlements, particularly those reached prior to trial, an insurance company's liability for a settlement will follow its duty to defend. If the insurance carrier owes a duty to defend, and the settlement resolves that potentially covered liability, the settlement will be deemed covered under Pennsylvania law.

By Timothy P. Law

8 minute read

July 27, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

This article discusses the broad scope of Coverage B, particularly for violations of intangible rights and intentional torts, which many businesses (and their attorneys) incorrectly assume are uncovered.

By Timothy P. Law

8 minute read

January 11, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The circuit court's opinion stated that Vitamin Energy carried its burden to show that it was entitled to a defense, noting that Pennsylvania law imposes a "broad duty" on insurers to defend lawsuits brought against their insured.

By Timothy P. Law

7 minute read

November 04, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bedivere holds the historic environmental and asbestos liability insurance obligations of numerous other insurance companies, primarily OneBeacon and Commercial Union. Policyholders have until Dec. 31, to file proof of claim forms in the Bedivere liquidation. Failure to comply with deadline could prevent recovery.

By Timothy P. Law and Christopher D. Molony

7 minute read

March 30, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

A discussion of the aftermath of the insolvency of a prolific and historic insurer.

By By Timothy P. Law, John N. Ellison and Shruti D. Engstrom

9 minute read

May 15, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut's high court concluded, "[a]lthough HBV is contagious, and can be transmitted through means outside the work place, for dental hygienists it is a disease so distinctly associated with their profession that the necessary causal connection is present."

By Timothy P. Law and Esther Y. Kim

7 minute read

May 12, 2020 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

These cases might help to set the precedent for handling COVID-19 workers' compensation cases in the near future.

By Timothy P. Law and Esther Y. Kim

7 minute read

April 23, 2020 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

An attorney who represented United Policyholders as amicus curiae in this matter provides an analysis of a decision that reaffirms PA's broad duty to defend.

By Timothy P. Law

5 minute read

May 09, 2019 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

The 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