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On March 7, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court in Tiara Condominium Assoc., Inc. v. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. expressly limited the application of the economic loss rule to products liability cases. 2013 WL 828003 (Fla....more
In its recent decision in Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. Devon International, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20659 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 15, 2013), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying Pennsylvania law,...more
New Jersey’s Appellate Division clarified the role of the New Jersey Statute of Repose, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1 (the Statute of Repose), as it pertains to manufacturers of products that are utilized in improvements to real...more
This month the Second District Court of Appeal concluded that the developer of a condominium complex lacked standing to enforce the declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&R's) after it had sold all the...more
Originally published in Insurance Law360 - November 8, 2011. Federal and state courts in Virginia, Florida, and Louisiana have now published at least twenty-one rulings on insurance coverage actions related to Chinese...more
In This Alert: - Product Recall I: The Product Recall and Impaired Products Exclusions - Product Recall II: The Communicable Disease and Fungi and Bacteria Exclusions - Failure to Warn - Property...more
The court in Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co. v. Overlook, LLC, ___ F. Supp.2d ___, 2011 WL 1988396 (E.D. Va. May 13, 2011) ruled that a pollution exclusion barred coverage for a lawsuit arising from a developer’s installation of...more
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit In VRV Development L.P.v. Mid-Continent Cas. Co., ___ F.3d ___, 2011 WL 48897 (5th Cir. (Tex.) January 7, 2011), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that negligent design and...more
In In re Chinese Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation, 2010 WL 5288032 (E.D. La. Dec. 16, 2010), a federal court in Louisiana overseeing the Chinese drywall multi-district litigation issued an order dismissing...more
Note To Reader: As this article goes to press, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has received the parties’ supplemental briefs, and is preparing to rehear Villa Vicenza Homeowners Association v. Nobel Court Development,...more
The Legislature has made another attempt to try to correct the indemnification mess in the residential construction arena. This is its third attempt. In 2005, the Legislature changed the framework for analysis of...more
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