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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Alston & Bird

Insurance Insights for the Dog Days of August

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Welcome to the inaugural issue of Insurance Insights, a gathering of notable legal developments and trends relevant to the insurance industry. In this issue, the California Supreme Court covers COVID-19 claims, Georgia...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

[Webinar] Emerging Claims Involving Insurance Class Actions - November 9th, 10:00 am - 10:45 am PT

This presentation will offer insight and strategies against emerging insurance class action claims in California involving a variety of topics, including total loss auto claims, wildfire smoke and Covid-19 claims, and...more

BakerHostetler

Insurance Class Action Update - 2023 Q2-3

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This robust report summarizes two quarters of activity in property and casualty claims class actions. Much has occurred in class actions asserting traditional theories, like labor depreciation and total loss claims, but also...more

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Insurance Class Action Update - 2023 Q1

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This year began like the last one ended, with lots of activity. Total loss class actions kept going around the country, and labor depreciation class actions experienced ups and downs, depending on one’s viewpoint. New class...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Court Finds For Retailers In Denying Motion To Dismiss In COVID-19 Damages Suit Against Insurer

On April 27, 2020, five Missouri retailers filed a putative class action suit against their insurance provider, The Cincinnati Insurance Company, for breach of contract relating to the insurer’s denial of coverage under the...more

Carlton Fields

WEBINAR: COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Class Actions

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Over the last month, there have been numerous lawsuits across the country by policyholders seeking insurance coverage for losses they claim are resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last two weeks, the new trend has...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal and Regulatory Developments - Business Interruption Insurance for COVID-19 Related Losses (Update)

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have significant economic consequences in the US, a key issue for insurers and businesses throughout the country will be whether all or a portion of losses may be covered by insurance....more

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Class Certification Issues in Coronavirus-Related Commercial Property Insurance Litigation

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The coronavirus pandemic raises the specter of potential class action exposure for commercial property insurers. The combination of staggering losses to America’s small businesses and the perceived deep pockets of insurers...more

Cozen O'Connor

Pennsylanvia Supremes to Decide Whether Actual Cash Value Includes General Contractor Overhead and Profit

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Insurance companies may no longer be allowed to rely on clear policy language that expressly excludes general contractor overhead and profit (“GCOP”) from actual cash value payments.  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Labor Depreciation Class Action: New Eighth Circuit Decision

This week the Eighth Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in a class action against State Farm involving the “labor depreciation” issue that I have covered extensively on this blog. State Farm prevailed on both the merits...more

Carlton Fields

Texas Appeals Court affirms Class Certification in Case Alleging Roofer Violated Insurance Code

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Texas homeowners Joe and Stacci Key sued their roofer, Lon Smith Roofing Contractors (“LSRC”), alleging LSRC violated the Texas Insurance Code by acting as an unlicensed public insurance adjustor. The trial court granted...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Class Action Involving Application of Deductible to Actual Cash Value Payment

An emerging issue in class action litigation against the insurance industry involves an attempt by plaintiffs’ attorneys to argue that insurers should not be permitted to apply any deductible to payments made on an actual...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Update on Labor Depreciation Class Actions

There have been two recent federal district court decisions in the widespread class action litigation involving the application of depreciation to the labor cost component of replacement cost value on property insurance...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Depreciation of Labor Costs Class Action: Nebraska Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Insurer

I’ve regularly followed on my blog key developments in the numerous class actions against the insurance industry involving the application of depreciation to the labor cost component of estimated replacement cost value in...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Labor Depreciation Class Action Update: Decisions on Class Certification

I have had a busy summer and am overdue in updating readers on recent decisions in class actions against insurers involving the “labor depreciation” issue. The issue involves whether, when insurers estimate the “actual cash...more

Carlton Fields

Prevailing in an Era of Regulatory Enforcement – Balancing Risk and Compliance [Expect Focus – Vol. II, July 2016]

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - SEC Sanctions Unregistered EB-5 Investments Broker SECURITIES - - FINRA to Assess Member Firms’ Culture - SEC Seeks Fund Responses to Distribution-In-Guise Guidance ...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Property Insurance Diminution in Value Class Action: Georgia Federal Court Certifies Class

One of the issues I’ve been covering on this blog is a series of putative class actions in Georgia arising out of a Georgia Supreme Court decision in 2012, which held that diminution in value of real property is potentially...more

Carlton Fields

True To Form: Eleventh Circuit Rules Rejects Penalties for Non-Conforming Policies

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Insurance contracts are subject to numerous statutes and regulations specifying whether and how certain facts must be disclosed, certain coverages must be offered and certain coverage options must be accepted or declined. ...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Labor Depreciation Class Actions Heating Up Across The Country

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Class action litigation is spreading across the country involving the application of depreciation in calculating the actual cash value of property damage under homeowners and commercial property insurance policies. This blog...more

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