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Virus Insurance Policy Doesn't Cover Restaurant's COVID Closure, California Supreme Court Says

The high court raised doubts about the reach of the illusory coverage doctrine and said it didn't protect a San Francisco eatery forced to close during the pandemic.
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The Recorder

McGuireWoods Adds 11 Attorneys From Boutique to Century City Insurance Recovery Team

Pasich has been nationally recognized for representing commercial policyholders in high-profile insurance cases in directors and officers, errors and omission, commercial general liability, property and business interruption, product recall, event cancellation, motion picture and television production and other policies.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cole, Scott & Kissane Keeps Transitioning More Resources Into Construction As Tort Reform Changes Loom

With the volume of insurance litigation threatened throughout Florida and construction practices booming, lawyers at the historically insurance-defense-focused firm are working to be cross-trained to fit into the construction practice.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

In Texas Appellate Court, Physicians' Loss on Out-of-Network Rates Erases $5.5M Attorney Fees

The physicians admitted a meeting of the minds is needed to form a binding contract, but claimed a specific dollar amount is not required for a contract to be enforceable.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jacksonville Jury Awards $1.1 Million to Navy Family

"Mr. and Mrs. Page met and fell in love with each other while serving our country in the Navy, and now their quality of life has been dramatically eroded through no fault of their own," said Nick Concilla, a partner at Morgan & Morgan.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Locke Lord Picks Up Sidley Insurance Lawyer, Thompson Coburn Cybersecurity Practice Leader

Am Law 100 firm Locke Lord continues to expand in Chicago even as the firm is on track to merge with Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders by year-end.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

UBS Sues Bank of America for $200 Million Over Indemnification Breach

The complaint, filed in Manhattan state court on Wednesday, alleges Countrywide Financial – which was purchased by Bank of America in 2008 – agreed to cover legal costs stemming from residential mortgage-backed securities that were backed by Countrywide's mortgage loans.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Returns $1.64M Verdict: 'Liability Was Clear, Yet State Farm Chose to Fight It'

"Liability was clear, yet State Farm chose to fight it, even acknowledging to the court that it's last offer before trial was essentially zero," said Brooks Injury Law partner Meredith Watts.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cheap Lumber, Stronger Hurricanes—Perfect Storm for the Strained Florida Insurance Market

These twin terrors of insurance hikes and ever-stronger storms are making Florida a rather pricey paradise. And we haven't even gotten to the cheap materials that far too many contractors are using to build new homes. Florida builders are continuing to construct new homes from wood, all but begging the next named storm to cause massive problems.
4 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts High Court Resolves Definition of 'Surface Waters' in Insurance Dispute Over Flooding Damage

"In sum, we conclude that it is ambiguous whether rainwater accumulation on roofs constitutes 'surface waters' within the meaning of the policies," Associate Justice Scott L. Kafker wrote for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. "Our conclusion that this language is ambiguous is confirmed by the inconsistency in the case law, which flows naturally from this ambiguity. As we must read any such ambiguity in the policies in favor of the policy holder, we do so in the instant case."
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