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The Legal Intelligencer

Coates v. Nationwide Ins. Co., PICS Case No. 14-0932 (C.P. Philadelphia May 29, 2014) Massiah-Jackson, J. (7 pages).

Choice of Law • Underinsurance
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's UM and UIM Stacking Rules Clarified

In Pennsylvania, questions exist as to whether and when insurers need to obtain new stacking waivers when new vehicles are added to existing policies providing unstacked uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Upholds Its Ruling Allowing UIM Stacking

An en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed a three-judge panel's earlier ruling allowing insureds to "stack" underinsured motorist coverage for a third vehicle they added to their policy even though they had previously waived stacking with respect to their first two vehicles.
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Commercial Litigation Insider

Use of Partial Summary Judgment to Limit Issues for Trial

In his No-Fault Insurance Law Wrap-Up, David M. Barshay, a member of Baker Sanders, writes in the New York Law Journal: The granting of partial summary judgment is an effective tool used by the courts to dispose of those elements of a party's case that are not in dispute and thus save the parties, and the court, the time and expense of calling unnecessary witnesses to establish facts that are not in dispute, and to avoid making a trial last longer than actually needed.
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Supreme Court Brief

Column: Unfinished Business For Bankruptcy, Magistrate Judges

Unlike the issue of consents in bankruptcy, which may never get to the Supreme Court, the magistrate class action issue will not go away, nor should it.
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The Recorder

Orichian v. BMW of North America, LLC

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New York Law Journal

Use of Partial Summary Judgment to Limit Issues for Trial

In his No-Fault Insurance Law Wrap-Up, David M. Barshay, a member of Baker Sanders, writes: The granting of partial summary judgment is an effective tool used by the courts to dispose of those elements of a party's case that are not in dispute and thus save the parties, and the court, the time and expense of calling unnecessary witnesses to establish facts that are not in dispute, and to avoid making a trial last longer than actually needed.
9 minute read

Law.com

Shareholder Lawsuits Against GM Aren't Slowing Down

As General Motors Co. seeks to fend off wrongful-death lawsuits and claims for economic losses arising from its ignition-switch defects, two shareholder actions are moving forward against its top executives, including chief executive officer Mary Barra, and board of directors.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Jury Sides With Plaintiff In UM Case

Following a two-day trial and less than two hours of deliberation, an eight-member jury awarded $250,000 to a man who was injured in a car accident while driving a vehicle insured under an uninsured motorist policy through Progressive Advanced Insurance Co.
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Law.com

GM Ignition Switch Suits Transferred to New York

A federal judicial panel has ordered the transfer of 74 lawsuits filed on behalf of General Motors Co. customers over ignition-switch recalls to the Southern District of New York, where the automaker has moved in bankruptcy court to bar the cases.
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