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Texas Lawyer

'Designate a Villain': The Legal Strategy That Led a Houston Jury to Award $19M to ER Docs in Insurance Dispute

Houston attorney John Zavitsanos said that he and other attorneys are representing emergency room doctors in similar cases against insurance companies in Arkansas, Mississippi, Nevada, Florida and Georgia.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'Bringing a Gun to Work': Premises Liability Attorneys Weigh In After Shooting at Connecticut Law Firm

"As far as premises liability issues, they'd have to have some knowledge that the individual was a danger to people," said attorney Susan Miller, a partner with O'Connor, Attmore & Morris in Hartford.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

SPAC Litigation and Insurance Implications

For this edition of their Corporate Insurance column, Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes teamed up with their insurance broker colleagues at Alliant Insurance Services to co-author a discussion of insurance issues associated with the SPAC-related lawsuits, which can be complex because they implicate three separate D&O insurance programs.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Refuses to Toss Class Action Claiming 'Health Care Sharing Ministries' Cheated Clients

District Judge Amy Totenberg said that, despite claiming that they do not market insurance, the evidence shows Aliera Cos. is in the insurance business and thus cannot force disputes into arbitration under Georgia law.
7 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'Build Substantive Expertise That Differentiates You From Others,' Says Morgan Tilleman of Foley & Lardner

"Focus on building substantive expertise that differentiates you from other associates and law firms."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Psychiatric Practice Not Entitled to Indemnity for Therapist's Sexual Abuse of Patients

The insurer pointed to an exception to coverage in its policy in the event of "patient molestation," which it defined as "bodily injury, sickness, disease or death, mental anguish, pain and suffering, emotional trauma, or similar emotional injury arising out of improper physical contact of a sexual nature with a patient of the organization."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The IME and EUO No-Show Defenses Are 'Policy Issues' That Trigger Hourly Attorney Fees in No-Fault Insurance Cases

Insurers that seek to assert these defenses should remain cognizant of the fact that arbitration/litigation actions involving such disputes may expose them to higher attorney fees.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Parametric Insurance Policies Are Gaining Traction

While Florida businesses work to reclaim a sense of normalcy in their operations, they should also be taking this time to look to the future and re-evaluate how they manage property risk. Parametric insurance policies may be a new alternative to a hard property insurance market.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How I Won the Case: Houston Lawyer's Path to Nearly $114M Verdict and $1.6M in Fees

Smiling jurors who posed with lawyer John Black and his trial team said to the attorneys they wanted their nearly $114 million verdict to send a strong message to defendant United Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Claims Against Architects and Engineers

In his Construction Law column, Kenneth Block begins a two-part series on construction litigation for owners with a discussion of the fundamentals of claims against construction professionals and contractors, and how to achieve a favorable outcome if litigation becomes necessary. This first part deals with claims against architects and engineers.
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