In Liberty Surplus Insurance Corp. v. Kaufman Lynn Construction Inc., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a “course of construction exclusion” in a commercial general liability precluded coverage for water damage...more
In City of Newport v. Westport Insurance Co., the Kentucky Court of Appeals addressed whether coverage existed for a malicious prosecution claim in a law enforcement liability policy that covered only periods of time during...more
In Neptune v. Indian Harbor Insurance Co., the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently addressed whether uninsured motorist (UM) coverage applied in an accident where there was no evidence of a “hit” from the uninsured...more
9/18/2023
/ Car Accident ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Lyft ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Policy Terms ,
Ridesharing ,
Transportation Network Companies ,
Uninsured and Under-Insured Motorists
On May 3, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Astellas US Holding Inc. v. Federal Insurance Co., held that a liability insurer was required to contribute its limits toward its insured’s payment to settle potential...more
6/5/2023
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Kickbacks ,
Liability Insurance ,
Medicare ,
Popular ,
Restitution
Many contracts include a choice-of-law provision in which the parties agree to use a particular jurisdiction’s set of laws to govern the contract. These provisions promote predictability. No matter where a dispute may arise...more
10/21/2019
/ CA Supreme Court ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Construction Project ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Terms ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Educational Institutions ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lead ,
Notice Prejudice Rule ,
Notice Requirements ,
Policy Terms ,
Public Policy ,
Site Remediation ,
State and Local Government