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The Legal Intelligencer

Closed for COVID, Restaurant Asks Pa. Justices to Fast-Track Ruling on Insurance Coverage

In a petition filed to the justices Wednesday, attorneys for restaurant owner Joseph Tambellini said a ruling from the Supreme Court on the issue could provide guidance to the "hundreds, if not thousands," of lawsuits expected to result from the statewide closures Gov. Tom Wolf mandated as an effort to stem the spread of the highly contagious disease.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Panel Erases $64M Jury Verdict in Reinsurance Dispute

The decision, from a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based appeals court, wiped out a 2017 verdict by a federal jury in the Northern District of New York.
3 minute read

The Recorder

In Good Hands? Elon Musk Provides Tesla's Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

To what extent, if any, Tesla's legal department was involved in advising Musk on the insurance decision was unclear.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Statute Eliminating Waiver of Standing Defense Imperils Title Insurance (and Foreclosures)

Jason Bergman discusses RPAPL §1302-a which eliminates waiver of the standing defense in a home loan foreclosure action even though not raised in an answer or pre-answer motion. He notes that title companies have always been uneasy about insuring titles devolving through foreclosures and the new statute only accentuates the risk.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Insurance Carrier Must List Known Defenses or Provide Coverage to Claimant, Pa. Appeals Court Rules

A boilerplate reservation of rights letter wasn't effective since it failed to note a specific exclusion on the policy that clearly pertained to the case.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Deeply Split High Court Says Insurer Must Cover Accidental Shooting During Murder-Suicide

In a case that drew strong amici curiae interest from the insurance industry, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance carrier must defend its insured in a lawsuit by a man who was accidentally shot while intervening in a murder-suicide.
4 minute read

Law.com

Lawyers Suing Insurance Firms Over COVID-19 Coverage Seek MDL

Efforts to coordinate business-interruption lawsuits against insurance firms focus on 16 cases so far filed in federal courts against eight insurance firms, but Richard Golomb, of Golomb & Honik, predicts an "avalanche of cases."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Health Care System General Counsel Talk About What They're Up Against in COVID-19 Pandemic

Timothy Adelman, general counsel and chief legal officer of Luminis Health based in Annapolis, Maryland, and Robert Gerberry, senior vice president and general counsel for Summa Health System based in Akron, Ohio, discuss how they are leading their legal departments during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how their day-to-day responsibilities have changed in the emergency.
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Insurance Coverage for Coronavirus-Related Business Interruption Losses

In light of these immediate and potentially extended challenges, businesses undoubtedly will—and should—ask themselves whether their commercial property insurance policies provide business interruption coverages for virus-related losses.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Now Trending in Texas: Full-Blown Bench Trials Via Zoom

Although judges across the state have been using Zoom since late March for hearings in both criminal and civil cases, the use of the remote technology for a full-blown trial is new.
4 minute read

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