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Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Claims-Made Policy Note: Policy’s Use of Defined Terms May Expand or Limit Coverage Under Related Acts Provision

In an unpublished decision, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Central District of California’s interpretation of the related acts provision in a professional liability policy, holding that related acts reported in a prior policy...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Allocating Responsibility for Defense and Indemnity Costs Among Multiple Insurers

Analysis of Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. S.-Owners Ins. Co., 248 F. Supp. 3d 1268, 1276 (M.D. Fla. 2017) - In a dispute between two insurers arising from an underlying premises liability action, a federal district court applied...more

Carlton Fields

Federal Court Holds California Insurance Code Bars Duty to Defend Against False Claims Act Violations

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The Central District of California held that Section 533 of the Insurance Code eliminated any potential for coverage for suit under the state False Claims Act. On January 4, the U.S. District Court for the Central...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Fourth Circuit Affirms Denial of Coverage for Accidental Gunshot Injury

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On April 14, the Fourth Circuit held that an insurer owed no defense or indemnity coverage for an underlying personal injury suit against the policyholder’s employee, a security guard who accidentally shot a friend while...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Wisconsin Supreme Court Applies Pollution Exclusion to Well Contaminated with Manure

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Recently, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the pollution exclusion applies to well water contamination arising from the application of manure to nearby farmland, relieving a general liability insurer of its duty to...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declines To Review Pro-Policyholder Decision; Contrary Arguments Possible

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For years, product manufacturers relied on commercial general liability policies to defend and indemnify them for product liability claims. Although these policies may exclude coverage for pure economic loss or for damage to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Will your errors and omissions policy pay your defense costs?

The hypothetical - HealthPayPlus (HPP) designs custom record management systems for large hospital systems. HPP developed a system for Research Hospitals of America (RHA) that HPP promised would revolutionize RHA’s...more

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