A recent United States Supreme Court decision on the scope of personal jurisdiction, i.e., a court’s authority to exercise jurisdiction over a particular party, could potentially have lasting impacts on the way states decide...more
7/5/2023
/ Commerce Clause ,
Due Process ,
Florida ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Mallory v Norfolk Southern Railway Co ,
Out-of-State Companies ,
Pennsylvania ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
SCOTUS ,
Toxic Exposure
Last year, the Supreme Court of California held that changes in the California Insurance Code’s life insurance anti-lapse statutes apply to all life insurance policies that were in force when the statutes became effective in...more
In 2012, the California Legislature enacted changes to the California Insurance Code that provide protections intended to shield consumers from losing life insurance coverage due to late or missed insurance premium...more
7/29/2022
/ Appeals ,
Beneficiaries ,
Breach of Contract ,
CA Supreme Court ,
California ,
Grace Period ,
Insurance Code ,
Insurance Industry ,
Life Insurance ,
Long Term Care Insurance ,
Noncompliance ,
Preenactment Conduct ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Termination
Rumberger partner Josh Lerner discusses the impact of the Eleventh Circuit's decision in Bradshaw v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 707 F. App’x 599 (11th Cir. 2017) with regard to pre-existing-condition...more
The Supreme Court of Florida recently issued an opinion in Altman Contractors, Inc. v. Crum & Forster Specialty Ins. Co., No. SC16-1420, 2017 WL 6379535 (Fla. Dec. 14, 2017), which impacts an insurer’s duty to defend and...more
1/19/2018
/ Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Construction Defects ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Duty to Defend ,
FL Supreme Court ,
Indemnification ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Policy Terms