Daily Business Review | Expert Opinion
By Joshua Whisler | March 24, 2020
Business owners are asking if they have insurance for shutting down due to the coronavirus. Attorney Joshua Whisler reports a New Orleans restaurant is setting up a test case.
By Jack Newsham | March 24, 2020
Goldberg Segalla and Belkin Burden Goldman have both laid off some staff, citing the impact of the coronavirus.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael S. Olsan | March 23, 2020
In his 1977 Chairman's letter to stockholders, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett advised that costs in the insurance sector were expected to rise. One reason he offered was "social inflation" which he described as "a broadening definition by society and juries of what is covered by insurance policies."
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Jaret Davis, Alan N. Sutin and Bryan X. Grimaldi | March 23, 2020
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is causing unprecedented disruptions to the U.S. economy, and government officials and health professionals expect that these could continue through September.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | March 19, 2020
"We find delay damages on a UIM claim submitted to a jury for a verdict are recoverable," Monroe County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Williamson wrote in a March 4 opinion. "To do otherwise, would give insurance companies no incentive to settle UIM claims other than for less than the policy limits, even where, as here, there was potential for a verdict well in excess of policy limits."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | March 19, 2020
The Pennsylvania Superior Court said that, despite "serious reservations" about a prior appeals panel's analysis, it was bound by the panel's ruling to find that an employee is covered under his employer's insurance for an accident that occurred while he was using his own vehicle in the scope of his employment.
By Greg Land | March 12, 2020
A Lithonia family seeking more than $700,000 for losses in a house fire got nothing from a federal jury, instead ordering them to reimburse Travelers Insurance's cash advance and investigation costs.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | March 5, 2020
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is likely going to force insurers in Pennsylvania to change how they underwrite commercial auto policies.
By Jonathan Ringel | March 5, 2020
Only Oregon and Idaho require lawyers to carry professional liability insurance, while 23 states require lawyers to disclose whether they have insurance.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | March 5, 2020
James Haggerty of Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer, & Kupersmith in Philadelphia, who argued the appeal on the plaintiff's behalf, said the decision is significant for all post-'Gallagher v. Geico' litigation—of which there has been plenty—because the judge "considered all of the limitations carriers have been trying to impose on 'Gallagher' and rejected them."
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