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News & Analysis as of May 26, 2013

Recent Changes To The BP Claims Program

by Viles & Beckman, LLC on 2/27/2013

The BP oil spill started with the April 20, 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig. The failure of BP Oil to cap the spill promptly resulted in millions of barrels of crude oil being released into Gulf...more

Policy Observer - January 2013

by Nancy Harris, Alex Lathrop | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/25/2013

It has been nearly three months since Superstorm Sandy battered the East Coast of the United States. With several hundred thousand residents still without homes and many businesses still operating out of temporary facilities,...more

Valuing A Litigation Claim

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 12/14/2012

Law firms are increasingly using a multitude of factors to value cases. Valuation provides the parties a better means to identify the issues in litigation, discuss which ones are in dispute, and calculate a logical...more

Insuring Your Business -- October 2012

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 10/24/2012

In This Issue: - What Law Applies When A Flood-Related Disaster Hits? - Farm Odors and Coverage Issues Arising from “Pollutant” Property Damages. Excerpt from What Law Applies When A Flood-Related Disaster...more

Insurance Coverage: October 2012

by Low, Ball & Lynch on 10/11/2012

This past quarter brought us the long-awaited decision from the California Supreme Court on stacking of insurance policies. The Supreme Court has ruled that stacking of limits on successive policies is permitted on continuous...more

Missouri Federal Court Affirms Denial of Coverage Based on Pollution Exclusion

by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 10/5/2012

In its recent decision in Doe Run Resources Corp. v. Lexington Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140981 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 28, 2012), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri had occasion to consider...more

Anti-Assignment Clause In Insurance Policy Does Not Prohibit The Assignment Of Claim

by Cole Schotz on 7/30/2012

Policyholders asserting claims against an insurer for damages arising from a fire, environmental contamination or other causes need to pay close attention to the “fine print” contained in their policy. Assigning a claim...more

Asbestos Litigation Case Questions Safety in the Workplace

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 7/1/2011

Although most would consider asbestos to be an old problem, limited to mainly the manufacturing and construction industries, asbestos has been incorporated into a myriad of products that had many and varied uses. Because...more

California Appellate Court Holds That Insurer Is Not Required to Show Proof of Prejudice to Deny Coverage Based On Failure to...

by Barger & Wolen on 7/24/2009

In Venoco, Inc. v. Gulf Underwriters Ins. Co., 2009 WL 1875640 (July 1, 2009), the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed a summary judgment entered in favor of Gulf Underwriters Insurance Company (“Gulf”) with regard to...more