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Subrogation 101 (and Why Should I Care?)

What is subrogation? Why am I being asked to waive it? Should I care? To answer that last question, let’s take a quick run at the first two. What Is Subrogation? “Subrogation” refers to the act of one person or party standing...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - October 2021

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Court Holds That Contractor’s Insurer Must Defend Owner As Additional Insured In Personal Injury Action Filed By Subcontractor’s Employee- A premises owner hired a contractor to perform an oil-to-gas boiler conversion, and...more

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Is Contractual Privity Required for Additional Insured Status? Courts Are Divided.

In a previous post, we addressed blanket additional insured endorsements and the role they play in passing insurance obligations downstream. In short, the purpose of a “blanket” endorsement is to grant additional insured...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Care, Custody or Control Exclusion Requires Complete and Exclusive Control by Insured Claiming Coverage

In McMillin Homes Construction v. Natl. Fire & Marine Ins. Co. (No. D074219, filed 6/5/19) a California appeals court held that a “care, custody or control” exclusion did not bar coverage for defense of a general contractor...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Construction Manager Denied Insurance Coverage as an Additional Insured

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Construction owners often require their contractors to name the owner as an additional insured on the contractor’s insurance policy. But what happens when the owner requires the contractor to name the owner’s construction...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

How the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Decision in Mutual Benefit Will Affect Your Business Insurance Coverage

On May 26, 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated decision in Mutual Benefit Ins. Co. v. Christos Politsopoulos. The decision is good news for policyholders, particularly those who use...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Insurance Recovery Law -- Oct 2014

Lack of Direct Contractual Relationship Doesn’t Doom Coverage - Why it matters: The companies involved in a workplace accident are additional insureds pursuant to a sub-subcontractor’s policy and the insurer...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Connecticut Court Again Holds That Certificates of Insurance Do Not Confer Rights

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A Connecticut Superior Court has further clarified the construction industry whether a certificate of insurance naming a party as an additional insured confers any rights on that party. In Hobbs, Inc. v. Charter Oak Fire...more

Nossaman LLP

Warning: A Builder Who Rejects Assigned Counsel May Jeopardize Insurance Coverage

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For many reasons, developers and builders in a construction defect lawsuit want to pick their own counsel to defend them. For instance, they have a good working relationship with the counsel, counsel did well in another case...more

Snell & Wilmer

Under Construction - June 2013

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Welcome to our summer 2013 issue on indemnity and additional insured provisions in the Southwest. While contractual provisions that define liability in the event of accidental damage or loss affect most construction projects,...more

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Supreme Court of Minnesota Upholds Denial of Coverage to Additional Insured in the Absence of Vicarious Liability

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Introduction - Construction contractors and subcontractors, as well as commercial policyholders generally, will wish to take note of a recent Supreme Court of Minnesota decision that lends insight into the scope of...more

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