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When Insurers Refused to Pay Verizon's $48M Legal Bill, This Lawyer Hit Back

McKool Smith insurance recovery practice head Robin Cohen won big in Delaware, forcing insurers to pay Verizon's massive legal bill to several elite firms that successfully defended the company after a failed spin-off.
25 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Court Finds Verizon's Insurers Liable for Up to $48M in Legal Fees

A ruling unsealed by a Delaware judge says that Verizon Communications is due what it claims are more than $48 million in attorney fees and expenses accrued successfully defending a lawsuit filed against the telecom giant after it spun off a subsidiary that later went bankrupt.
16 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dispute in Destroyed Home's Valuation Requires Trial Court's Attention

A discrepancy regarding the insurance value of a home destroyed by fire presents a genuine issue of material fact that must be settled by a trial court, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Wilson Elser Enters Atlanta With Defense Litigation Focus

Fast-growing Wilson Elser has opened an Atlanta office—its first in the Southeast—with a six-lawyer team from Gordon & Rees led by Jeffrey Melcher.
58 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Danko v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp., PICS Case No. 17-0329 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 10, 2017) Rufe, J. (9 pages).

By | March 16, 2017
Plaintiffs alleged defendant violated the subrogation terms of its health insurance plan and sought recovery of attorney fees and costs and declaratory and injunctive relief, defendant moved to dismiss on the grounds of mootness and lack of standing since defendant waived any right to further reimbursement after the complaint was filed and the court found that plaintiffs had standing and that the claims for attorney fees were not moot. Motion granted in part and denied in part.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge: Homeowner Can Sue Insurer USAA on Fraud Claim

A judge says a homeowner may pursue his claim for fraud against USAA Casualty Insurance based on his contention of erroneously being told by a USAA claims representative that his homeowner's policy did not cover damage done to his house during a record-breaking five-foot snowfall in 2013.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Kraatz v. USAA Casualty Ins. Co.

By | March 15, 2017
Fraud Pleaded in Suit Over Coverage Denial Where Home Damaged in Nov. 2014 Snow Storm
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Applicability (Inapplicability) of New York's Disclaimer Statute, Continued

Insurance Law columnist Jonathan A. Dachs discusses New York's disclaimer statute and an explicit statutory limitation—the requirement that the claim at issue in the policy being denied or disclaimed be one involving "death or bodily injury"—as well as certain judicially created or recognized limitations or exclusions from the applicability of the disclaimer statute.
32 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sun v. Allstate Indemnity Co.

By | March 14, 2017
Owners Fail to Inform Insurer of Change in Use, Occupancy of Property; Coverage Denial Upheld
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ortho Passive Motion Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co.

By | March 14, 2017
Insurer Denied Modification of Judgment To Show Insurance Policy Limits Exhausted
3 minute read

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