Courts were in full swing deciding insurance coverage issues over the past month or so. Here are a few that caught our attention.
The Louisiana Supreme Court became the latest state supreme court to find no coverage for...more
4/18/2023
/ Advertising ,
Business Interruption ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Environmental Protection ,
Environmental Impairment Liability Insurance (EIL Coverage) ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
LA Supreme Court ,
Liability Insurance ,
Pollution Exclusion ,
TCPA
We roll out our December Insurance Update just in time for the holidays. Here’s what’s inside:
•The California Supreme Court discusses rules of policy construction in the context of a TCPA claim against Yahoo.
•A...more
We bring you our November Insurance Update.
Here’s what happened over the past month.
Insurers scored a hat trick before the Ninth Circuit, as the court found no coverage for pandemic-related business interruption...more
11/22/2021
/ Bodily Injury ,
Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Car Accident ,
Causation ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Construction Defects ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Homicide ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
NV Supreme Court ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Property Damage ,
Statutory Damages ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing
Appellate courts have been busy the last few weeks deciding a wide swath of insurance issues.
The Eighth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to weigh in on pandemic-related business interruption claims. ...more
7/20/2021
/ Appellate Courts ,
Arson ,
Assault ,
Attorney Malpractice ,
Bad Faith ,
Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Duty to Defend ,
Elder Abuse ,
FL Supreme Court ,
Fraudulent Concealment ,
Insurance Industry ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
KY Supreme Court ,
Living Trust ,
MSHA ,
Pollution Exclusion ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
WI Supreme Court
Insurance coverage litigation often centers on the interpretation of specific terms and phrases in an insurance policy.
In our June Insurance Update:
The Illinois Supreme Court decides whether disclosure of biometric...more
6/24/2021
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Bodily Injury ,
Breach of Contract ,
CAN-SPAM Act ,
Class Action ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Forgery ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Opioid ,
Property Managers ,
TCPA ,
VIZIO ,
Wire Fraud
We bring you our May Insurance Update.
In this month’s update:
•The Minnesota Supreme Court considers an issue of first impression over the reasonableness of settlement agreements that fail to allocate between covered and...more
5/24/2021
/ Appeals ,
Appellate Courts ,
Bodily Injury ,
Common Law Claims ,
Construction Defects ,
Damages ,
False Advertising ,
Leases ,
Liability ,
Misrepresentation ,
MN Supreme Court ,
Pollution Exclusion ,
Summary Judgment ,
TCPA ,
Unsolicited Faxes ,
Your Work Exclusions
In this month’s update, state high courts consider reimbursement of defense costs, reimbursement of medical marijuana costs, and reimbursement of ransomware payments.
Federal courts determine whether a debt collector is...more
4/23/2021
/ Bad Faith ,
Bitcoin ,
Business Partners ,
Car Accident ,
Debt Collection ,
Defense Costs ,
Duty to Defend ,
Emotional Injury Claims ,
Environmental Claims ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FDCPA ,
Hackers ,
IN Supreme Court ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Mortgages ,
NH Supreme Court ,
NV Supreme Court ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Reimbursements ,
TCPA ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Injury