White and Williams recently obtained summary judgment against an insured on behalf of an insurer and a guarantor, establishing that two multi-year insurance policies provide per occurrence limits on a per policy rather than a...more
6/9/2023
SPOTLIGHT: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms No Coverage for Sex Trafficking Claims -
In Nautilus Insurance Co. v. Motel Management Services Inc., the Court of Appeals granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings...more
In a September 22, 2022 decision, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held a commercial general liability policy’s war and financial services exclusions barred coverage for a suit arising out of the...more
9/29/2022
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Bodily Injury ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hartford Fire Insurance Company ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurrection ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Property Damage ,
Ukraine
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, have served as a key component in numerous industrial and consumer products for decades. These “forever chemicals,” which have been associated with environmental...more
9/21/2022
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Contamination ,
Continuous Use Requirement ,
Damages ,
Federal Contractors ,
Immunity ,
Insurance Industry ,
Manufacturers ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
PFAS ,
Scope of Coverage ,
Toxic Chemicals
On August 10, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida held, on a motion to dismiss, that losses allegedly caused by fraudulent payment requests by persons purporting to be the insured qualified for...more
Companies in various consumer products industries are increasingly facing claims alleging that they have deceptively marketed their products as safe and sustainable when, in reality, those products allegedly contain unsafe...more
Insurance policies covering first-party property damage often require insureds to notify insurers of a loss “as soon as practicable.” Where an insured may or may not have given notice “as soon as practicable,” the issue...more
Few courts have yet decided insurance coverage issues in litigation involving per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). But yesterday, in Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company v. Chemicals, Inc., No. H-20-3493, 2021...more
Claims against manufacturers and distributors of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-containing aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) are hurtling forward. Two important developments in this opening salvo of PFAS-related...more