Hinshaw Releases Second Edition of Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey
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Pepsi-Cola Metro. Bottling Co. v. Emp’rs Ins. Co., 2022 Wisc. App. LEXIS 598 (Wisc. Ct. App. July 8, 2022) - Wisconsin Court of Appeals (in a divided decision) holds that a “post-loss” assignment of rights under a...more
Companies purchase insurance for litigation protection in the form of an insurer’s duty to defend lawsuits. Under New Jersey law, the duty to defend begins with the filing of a complaint that includes allegations that might...more
A few years back, we discussed the Montana Supreme Court’s Parker decision, which interpreted an earth movement exclusion in a first-party claim under a homeowner’s policy. There, a boulder dislodged from a hillside and...more
A New Jersey Superior Court recently put to rest a tenuous coverage defense to which insurers stubbornly have clung in environmental coverage cases. The court held in Cooper Industries, LLC v. Employers Ins. of Wausau a...more
The Supreme Court of New Jersey recently issued a significant pro-policyholder decision regarding fee-shifting under the New Jersey Court Rules. Under Rule 4:42-9(a)(6), courts may award attorneys’ fees in “an action upon a...more