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Coverage that focuses on both the legal risks facing insurance companies, as well as how companies are using insurance to hedge risk. We cover health insurance and cyber insurance frequently.
By Aleeza Furman | April 18, 2023
At issue was an order from Judge Christine Ward of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas granting a motion to coordinate a collection of COVID business interruption lawsuits filed against Erie Insurance Exchange.
3 minute read
By Charles Toutant | April 18, 2023
Critics of litigation funding say it causes trials and other proceedings to run longer, raising the costs of litigation.
5 minute read
By Colleen Murphy | April 17, 2023
The U.S. District Court in New Jersey granted plaintiff Diane McCoy class certification in her claim brought against Geico which alleged breach of contract after a 2018 collision rendered her vehicle a total loss and the insurer failed to pay title or transfer fees for the vehicle.
4 minute read
By Zack Needles | Alaina Lancaster | April 14, 2023
Bob Tyson, strategic managing partner for Tyson & Mendes and author of the book "Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice For All," shares mistakes insurers make that can lead to nuclear verdicts and why we might be seeing more of them.
1 minute read
By Alex Anteau | April 14, 2023
"In Thornton v. Georgia Farm Bureau, the [Georgia] Supreme Court said true injustices may be remedied by the court through existing principles and cases like this representation issue," Plaintiff-Appellant attorney J.L. King said. "This is one of those true injustices."
4 minute read
By Emily Cousins | April 14, 2023
Union Insurance argues that the underlying lawsuit does not "trigger" coverage because the lawsuit does not allege "'property damages' caused by an accident" or "personal and advertising injury."
3 minute read
By Riley Brennan | April 14, 2023
"No Oregon appellate court, state statute, or treatise has yet interpreted the phrase 'direct physical loss or damage' in the context of a commercial property insurance policy dispute involving COVID-19 allegations," the Ninth Circuit panel wrote. "Therefore, we find it prudent to allow the Oregon Supreme Court to do so in this instance."
5 minute read
By Marianna Wharry | April 13, 2023
"Similarly concluding that an insurer's refusal to defend while admitting that it has the duty to do so makes out G. L. cc. 93A and 176D claims, we vacate so much of the judgment as dismissed the unfair business practices claims," Associate Justice Joseph M. Ditkoff wrote for the panel.
6 minute read
By Brian Lee | April 13, 2023
A Texas-based restaurant group is asking New York to lean against the majority of states and open the door for coverage of COVID business losses.
6 minute read
By Steven M. Christman and Fabrice K. Michel | April 13, 2023
This article provides a broad overview of the application of prejudgment interest in New York as it pertains to personal injury matters and discusses what the imposition of a "date of accident" interest-accrual means for New York state residents and the New York court system.
6 minute read
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