In its recent decision in Westport Ins. Corp. v. Hamilton Wharton Group, Inc., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9888 (2d Cir. May 17, 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had occasion to consider whether a…more
In its recent decision in Genesis Ins. Co. v. City of Council Bluffs, et al., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9577 (8th Cir. May 11, 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in a matter of first impression under…more
In In re Lehman Brothers Securities and ERISA Litigation, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65167 (S.D.N.Y. May 3, 2012), Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York considered the…more
In a matter involving an issue of first impression under South Carolina law, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, in its recent decision in Jessco, Inc. v. Builders Mutual Insurance Co., 2012 U.S…more
In its recent decision in Thompson v. Navigators Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60122 (S.D. Cal. Apr. 30, 2012), the United States District Court for the Southern District of California considered whether an insurer was…more
In its recent decision in Derderian v. Essex Insurance Company, 2012 R.I. LEXIS 54 (R.I. Apr. 27, 2012), the Supreme Court of Rhode Island had occasion to consider whether under a general liability policy, an insured was…more
In its recent decision in State Farm and Casualty Co. v. Lorrick Pacific, LLC, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57922 (D. Ore. Apr. 24, 2012), the United States District Court for the District of Oregon had occasion to consider whether a…more
In its recent decision in AES Corporation v. Steadfast Ins. Co., 2012 Va. LEXIS 81 (Va. Apr. 20, 2012), the Supreme Court of Virginia revisited its 2011 ruling concerning whether a general liability carrier had a duty to defend…more
In its recent decision titled Feldman Law Group v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 7787 (2d Cir. Apr. 18, 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, applying Pennsylvania law, had occasion to…more
In its recent decision in Ryerson Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co., 2102 U.S. App. LEXIS 7372 (Apr. 12, 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, applying Illinois law, had occasion to consider whether an…more
In its recent decision in The Premcor Refining Group v. National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49097 (D. Del. Apr. 6, 2012), the United States District Court for the District of Delaware considered what…more
In its recent decision in Travelers Property Casualty Company of America v. Chubb Custom Insurance Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44756 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 30, 2012), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…more
In its recent decision in Am. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Sec. Income Planners & Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39444 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 22, 2012), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York had occasion to consider…more
In its recent decision in Farkas v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38696 (E.D. Va. Mar 21, 2012), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia had occasion to consider the application…more
One of the more perplexing issues faced by insurers is how to handle multiple claims, or a claim involving multiple insureds, when there are insufficient policy limits available to pay all loss. In states where insurers are not…more