Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 406: Listen and Learn -- Defenses to a Crime
Voluntary Payment Doctrine
Making Effective Use of the Claims/Disputes Process
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The end of this past year witnessed further development of total loss, uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) and COVID premium rebate class actions, along with movement in new(er) property and casualty class actions...more
Pizza delivery driver’s bad brakes don’t slow down court from blaming pedestrian injured while trying to cross the street - A pedestrian doesn’t stand a chance of getting justice in Michigan – even when the delivery...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure: where a valid mortgage properly encumbers the subject property, an incorrect deed and a reformation of deed count are not fatal to a foreclosure action - Heartwood 2, LLC v. Dori, Case...more
Real Property Update: - Lis Pendens/Subsequent Liens: lis pendens statute only serves to discharge liens that exist or arise prior to entry of foreclosure judgment but does not affect liens that arise after entry of...more
On August 20, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that demonstrating reliance is required to void a marine insurance policy under the uberrimae fidei defense. In doing so, the court reversed the...more
In May, we reported on a Third Circuit decision holding that loss reserve information was generally irrelevant and not discoverable. In October, a federal court in Indiana came to the same conclusion with respect to...more
As a matter of first impression under Pennsylvania law, the court in Shannon v. New York Central Mutual Insurance Company, No. 13-cv-1432 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 20, 2013) denied a motion to strike an insurer’s defense of “bad faith...more
The South Dakota Supreme Court in Bertelsen v. Allstate Insurance Co., 833 N.W.2d 545, No. 26442 (June 12, 2013) (1) held that an insurer cannot avoid bad faith liability by claiming it did not know about controlling claims...more