Hinshaw Releases Second Edition of Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey
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Prior & Pending Litigation
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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - USA v. Murat - sentencing - Johnson v. Fla DOC - Confrontation Clause, medical report - US Sugar v. US Army Corp of Eng’rs - administrative challenge, Everglades...more
We kick off the year with a quartet of state supreme court decisions and an intermediate appellate court ruling that has insurers breathing a harmonious sigh of relief. Policyholders and insurers often disagree over what the...more
On November 8, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (the Court) issued a decision in the matter of Admiral Insurance Company, et al. v. Tocci Building Corporation, et al., No. 22-1462 (1st Cir. 2024). The...more
Litigation arose over whether a suit for misrepresentation and breach of contract arising out of an easement triggered a Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurer's duty to defend. Internal confidential communications...more
Careening race cars, missing diamonds, and gold treasure provide some of the backdrop for insurance issues that courts had to decide this past month. We begin in Pennsylvania where the state’s high court reined in some loose...more
The Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, applying Illinois law, has held that two general liability insurers do not owe a duty to defend an insured in a lawsuit alleging Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)...more
An Illinois Appellate Court has ruled that an insurer had no duty to defend an insured in connection with a lawsuit arising out of criminal sexual misconduct charges even though the lawsuit contained negligence claims. Prof’l...more
Here’s our October Insurance Update. The Sixth Circuit had insurance on its mind this past month. Three of the decisions we discuss in our update are from that court. First, the Sixth Circuit joins the Eighth and...more
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
The insured was sued in an underlying action seeking damages and injunctive relief for alleged trademark infringement. The insured tendered the action to its CGL insurer which disclaimed. The insured settled the underlying...more
In our March Insurance Update, we discuss four state supreme court cases and four cybercrime cases. The state high courts address: •From whose perspective should a consent-to-settle provision be judged? •What standard...more
Contract Interpretation McCruter v. Travelers Home & Marine Ins. Co., 11th Dist. Lake No. 2019-L-167, 2021-Ohio-472- In this appeal, the Eleventh Appellate District affirmed in part and reversed in part the lower court’s...more