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New Jersey Law Journal

Major Developments in 2016 to NJ Insurance Coverage Law

An overview of recent insurance decisions that represent major changes in or clarifications to the law which affect every practitioner.
19 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decisions Reaffirm Rules of Policy Construction and Interpretation

In his Insurance Law column, Jonathan Dachs restates the "general, well-settled and widely known" rules for interpreting insurance policy provisions and uses case law to show how the courts are often called upon to repeat and restate these rules to support their interpretations of the various policy provisions before them.
26 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hatchigan v. Quaglia, PICS Case No. 16-1407 (C.P. Philadelphia Aug. 16, 2016) New, J. (5 pages).

By | November 23, 2016
Appeal of a decision sustaining lis pendens objections failed when plaintiff failed to include the actual issues in his concise statement of matters complained of on appeal. The court opted to remain silent on his allegations since they were unrelated to the decision appealed from.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Richards v. Ameriprise Fin., Inc., PICS Case No. 16-1393 (Pa. Super. Nov. 9, 2016) (memorandum) (Panella, J.) (22 pages).

By | November 18, 2016
Trial court properly awarded damages and treble damages for a violation of the UTPCPL in action brought alleging misrepresentation and violations of the UTPCPL in sale of adjustable whole life insurance policy. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fifth Circuit: $30M Verdict for Insurer's Overbroad 'Absurd' Exclusion

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Court affirmed a $30 million judgment against an insurance company after it refused to pay off a Houston law firm's legal malpractice claim by pointing to exclusion in a liability policy that was so broad it covered "every single thing an attorney does or does not do, wrongful or not."
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Parisien v. Geico Ins. Co.

By | November 15, 2016
Provider Establishes Prima Facie Entitlement To Summary Judgment; Dismissal Denied
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Newsletter Roundup

By | November 14, 2016
NJSBA publications examine Voting Rights Act, new insurance cases, forum selection in litigation
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Federal Claims Court Rejects Insurer's $75M ACA 'Risk Corridor' Suit

Federal regulators may not owe a failed Chicago-based health insurer more than $75 million in damages under an Affordable Care Act program set up to help minimize the financial risk of participation in the new public exchanges.
8 minute read

The Recorder

How to Steer Clear of Claims in Insurance Defense Work

For years, the insurance defense practice was considered less likely to yield malpractice claims. Due to the unique and sometimes complicated relationship an attorney has with an insurer and an insured, that's changing.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Workplace Injuries

By | November 07, 2016
2 minute read

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