And so it begins . . . one of the first coronavirus insurance coverage cases in N.C. was filed recently in Guilford County Superior Court. Not surprisingly, the plaintiffs are restaurants that were forced to close or curtail...more
The coronavirus has turned all of our lives upside down in the past two weeks. Who would have dreamed that we would be required to work from home, courts would be operating on a drastically reduced schedule, the NCAA...more
Accardi v. Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co., ___ N.C. __ , No. 42A19 (Feb. 28, 2020) -
The North Carolina Supreme Court nixed a putative class-action lawsuit against a property insurer and validated the insurer’s untested...more
Bad grammar can lead to an adverse coverage decision – that’s the lesson one insurer (and its insured) learned the hard way when the NC Court of Appeals held that an incomplete sentence and improper grammar in an insurance...more
Accardi v. Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co., 2018 NCBC 109 (Oct. 22, 2018)
A storm damage claim with only $169.30 in controversy has set the stage for a battle over actual cash value calculations.
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In a recent case involving claims against an insurance broker, Judge Graham Mullen firmly put the burden of reviewing an insurance policy and understanding coverage exclusions on the insured. Granting summary judgment for...more