The Holding -
In Chattanooga Prof’l Baseball LLC, v. Nat’l Cas. Co., 2020 WL 6699480 (D. Ariz. Nov. 13, 2020) (Order), the Arizona District Court held that a “Virus Exclusion” clearly precluded insurance coverage for losses...more
12/7/2020
/ Baseball ,
Breach of Contract ,
Business Losses ,
Casualty Insurance ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Estoppel ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Property Insurance
The Holding -
In Jimenez v. Progressive Preferred Ins. Co., 2020 WL 2037113 (D. Ariz. Apr. 28, 2020), a putative breach of contract and insurance bad faith class action arising from a MedPay claim, the Arizona District...more
10/22/2020
/ Auto Insurance ,
Bad Faith ,
Bodily Injury ,
Breach of Contract ,
Car Accident ,
Class Action ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Medical Expenses ,
Medical Necessity ,
MedPay ,
Reasonableness Factors
The Holding -
In Doneson v. Farmers Ins. Exch., 2018 WL 4781382 (Ariz.App. Oct. 3, 2018), an insurance bad faith case, the Arizona Court of Appeals upheld an exclusion precluding MedPay benefits “if workers’ compensation...more
11/29/2018
/ Appeals ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Insurance Litigation ,
MedPay ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Parole Evidence ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Policy Terms ,
Reaffirmation ,
Tortious Interference ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
The Holding -
In Farmers Ins. Exchange v. The Honorable David Udall, 2018 WL 2931906 (June 12, 2018), the Arizona Court of Appeals accepted special action jurisdiction to hold that Insureds validly assigned post-loss...more
8/9/2018
/ Anti-Assignment Clauses ,
Appeals ,
Assignees ,
Assignment of Benefits (AOB) ,
Assignments ,
Breach of Contract ,
Consent ,
Contractors ,
Homeowner's Insurance ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Policy Terms ,
Post-Loss Claims ,
Remediation ,
Water Damage
In Chukly v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 2017 WL 3262541 (D.Ariz. Aug. 1, 2017) (Order), a breach of contract and insurance bad faith case arising from a homeowners claim after a microburst and “massive rain,” the Arizona...more
11/10/2017
/ Aiding and Abetting ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Claims Adjusters ,
Fraudulent Joinder ,
Homeowner's Insurance ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Motion to Remand ,
Policy Terms ,
Property Damage
The Holding -
In Preciado v.Young American Insurnace Company, 2017 WL 2805631 ( Ariz.App . June 29, 2017) (unpublished), the Arizona Court of Appeals held the trial court erroneously failed to grant an Insurer’s motion for...more
11/1/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Auto Insurance ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Motion for JMOL ,
Prevailing Party ,
Property Theft ,
Property Valuation ,
Punitive Damages ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reversal ,
Reversible Error
In Sobieski v. Am. Standard Ins. Co. of Wisconsin, 2016 WL 5436588 (Ariz.App. Sept. 29, 2016), despite upholding a bad faith judgment for an insurer conducting an unreasonable investigation and denying a claim, the Arizona...more
10/21/2016
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Auto Insurance ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Business Profits ,
Comparative Negligence ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Insurance Adjusters ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Motion for Judgment ,
Motorcycle Accidents ,
Punitive Damages ,
Reversal ,
Uninsured and Under-Insured Motorists
In Arellano v. Primerica Life Insurance Company, 235 Ariz. 371, 332 P.3d 597 (App. 2014), despite finding an insurer’s conduct moderately to highly reprehensible, the Arizona Court of Appeals recently reduced a punitive...more
5/27/2015
/ Appeals ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Compensatory Damages ,
Due Process ,
Forgery ,
Fraud ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Life Insurance ,
Misrepresentation ,
Professional Negligence ,
Punitive Damages