By Alexander Lugo | July 25, 2024
Shareholder Raychel Garcia said her new firm is "really ready to rock and roll with the huge caseloads that came from tort reform and now the shorter timelines that we have to get these cases ready for trial."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Loren L. Pierce and Daniel P. Murray | July 25, 2024
While usually seen as a standard, boilerplate letter, attorneys must be cognizant of the obligations imposed on them across the states to ensure that a Reservation of Rights letter complies with each state's specific requirements on the timing of delivery of the letter and the content of the letter to preserve its defenses and avoid prejudicing the insured.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By James C. Haggerty, Jeffrey K. Stanton and Dennis Coyne | July 25, 2024
Litigation regarding the validity and enforceability of various exclusions in auto policies in Pennsylvania is a never-ending tug of war between claimants and insurance companies. The most heated battles are in the realm of household and regular use exclusions. The fight over these exclusions may finally be coming to an end.
By Riley Brennan | July 18, 2024
The Eighth Circuit considered whether Nationwide met its burden to show that an ordinary person would understand that a post third sale offering of a tax-delinquent house is a public auction.
By Mason Lawlor | July 17, 2024
Upon investigating whether death benefits were owed, Pacific Life found a history of "alcohol abuse" dating 10 years prior to the representations made by the deceased in his application, which omitted alcohol struggles.
By Adolfo Pesquera | July 15, 2024
A court of appeals ruled an excess policy did not unambiguously exclude defense costs for the insured, a Houston oil drilling services company involved in a personal injury settlement.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By James E. Mercante | July 11, 2024
Count a gritty marine insurer as part of the exclusive Supreme Court's 9-0 club; winners by knockout in a hotly contested marine insurance dispute that braved its way from the District of Pennsylvania to the Third Circuit and ultimately landed in the Supreme Court.
By Allison Dunn | July 8, 2024
"Critically, when asked for their 'proof' of that figure, the Pittsfield entities claimed that they 'have a proposal from a contractor that says it,'" wrote U.S. District Judge Nancy L. Maldonado of the Northern District of Illinois.
Daily Report Online | News|Update
By Mason Lawlor | July 5, 2024
"Judge May's order denying summary judgment represents an accurate application of the law. The order not only follows legal precedent but also provides a clear and reasonable interpretation of the insurance policy and exclusions that Kinsale drafted," said Jeff Shiver of Shiver Hamilton Campbell.
By Mason Lawlor | July 5, 2024
"The defense's refusal to accept liability in this case for years is truly perplexing," plaintiff's attorneys Ben Brodhead and Ashley Fournet of Brodhead Law in Atlanta said in the release. "The defendant driver even pled guilty to criminal charges related to the incident, so I think their attempts to blame our client really rang hollow for the jurors."
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