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Marshall Dennehey Hires Casualty Team From Quintairos Prieto Amid Accelerated Litigation Timelines

Shareholder Raychel Garcia said her new firm is "really ready to rock and roll with the huge caseloads that came from tort reform and now the shorter timelines that we have to get these cases ready for trial."
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The Legal Intelligencer

A Day Late and an Exclusion Short: Consequences of Drafting an Inadequate Reservation of Rights Letter

While usually seen as a standard, boilerplate letter, attorneys must be cognizant of the obligations imposed on them across the states to ensure that a Reservation of Rights letter complies with each state's specific requirements on the timing of delivery of the letter and the content of the letter to preserve its defenses and avoid prejudicing the insured.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Current Status of Household and Regular Use Exclusions

Litigation regarding the validity and enforceability of various exclusions in auto policies in Pennsylvania is a never-ending tug of war between claimants and insurance companies. The most heated battles are in the realm of household and regular use exclusions. The fight over these exclusions may finally be coming to an end.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Cigna Sued for Alleged CARES Act Violations

DoctorNow alleged that the defendants were required to provide full coverage and reimbursement for COVID-19 testing.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Brace for Wave of CrowdStrike Litigation

"In some ways, I think it really set off a big nuclear bomb of legal actions across a lot of different players in the industry," Beth Waller, a principal and chair of the cybersecurity and data privacy practice at Woods Rogers, said.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

PRP Therapy Gets Injured Workers Back on Their Feet and Should Be Covered by Insurers

PRP therapy is no longer a therapy limited to athletes. Doctors are increasingly recommending it to the public. PRP therapy has been recognized as particularly helpful for treating workplace injuries.
8 minute read

Law.com

8th Circuit Revives Homeowner's Coverage Dispute Against Nationwide Following 'Public Auction' Confusion

The Eighth Circuit considered whether Nationwide met its burden to show that an ordinary person would understand that a post third sale offering of a tax-delinquent house is a public auction.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

No Bad Faith for Denying Life Insurance Benefits Over Contradictions of 'Alcohol Abuse;' Breach-of-Contract Claim Proceeds

Upon investigating whether death benefits were owed, Pacific Life found a history of "alcohol abuse" dating 10 years prior to the representations made by the deceased in his application, which omitted alcohol struggles.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

U.S. Fifth Circuit Allows Class Action Certification in 401(k), Benefit Plans Fees Dispute

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in certifying the class action, but on remand should allow non-party potential plaintiffs to opt out, the U.S. Fifth Circuit ruled.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Sides With Insurer's Indemnity Challenge for Atlanta Property Manager in Underlying Wrongful-Death Case

"A lawyer would not ethically be able to invoke the apportionment statute because it would result in an argument to the jury that their other client is responsible, thereby creating a 'significant risk' that the lawyer's duties to one party would materially and adversely affect representation of the other," wrote U.S. District Judge Marc T. Treadwell for the Middle District of Georgia.
4 minute read

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