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[Webinar] Time-Limited, Policy Limits Demand: Critical Issues Facing Insurers When Settling Third-Party Liability Claims - July...

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Join Goldberg Segalla partners Brady Yntema and Jeff Matty for an interactive webinar discussing critical issues facing insurers when presented with a time-limited, policy-limits demand to settle third-party liability claims...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

Navigating The Claims Seas: What Insurance Defense Attorneys Wish Claims Professionals Knew

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In the vast ocean of insurance claims, navigating the turbulent waters can be challenging for both claims professionals and insurance defense attorneys. To ensure smooth sailing, it is crucial for claims professionals to...more

Marshall Dennehey

From ‘Brownish’ to Baseless: Florida Court Reinforces Slip-and-Fall Standards

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Key Points:  Recent case clarifies Florida premises liability law and the burden on plaintiffs under Section 768.0755, Florida Statutes....more

Rumberger | Kirk

Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know

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Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how insurers...more

Goldberg Segalla

Fraud Doesn’t Pay in New York – May 2025 Update

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As a part of our quarterly practice group update, we are pleased to produce our latest installation with examples of our continued success in fraud litigation. This is our fourth year of this publication, and in February...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Beyond the Defense: Exploring the Insurer’s Duty to Indemnify

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In this episode of "Don't Take No For An Answer," host Eric Jesse and Heather Weaver from Lowenstein's Insurance Recovery Group invite guest Michael Young, partner at Reichardt Noce and Young, to discuss an insurer's duty to...more

Maison Law

How Traffic Camera Evidence is Changing Accident Litigation in California

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The use of traffic camera evidence is increasingly changing accident cases in California. While witness testimony can be helpful, it’s not always reliable. And some witnesses may not want to testify. The emergence of traffic...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

The Ultimate Social Inflation Survival Guide

Insurance professionals, risk managers, and counsel deal with it on a daily basis, plaintiffs' personal injury lawyers are driving and benefiting from it, consumers and policyholders are paying for it, litigation funders are...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 16th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - May 1st - 2nd, Chicago, IL

Join the industry’s top litigators and leading plan counsel at ACI’s 16th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation, for two days of discussions designed to address emerging areas of concern for MCOs in...more

Gray Reed

Using Evidence to Fill Gaps in Pleadings Silent on Important Coverage Facts

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A decision out of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas showcases the practical challenge in the relationship between workers’ compensation and the pleading standards required to trigger...more

K&L Gates LLP

Litigation Minute: Emerging Contaminants: Minimizing and Insuring Litigation Risk

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What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - As the scientific and regulatory landscape surrounding various emerging contaminants shifts, so too do the options that companies can consider taking to minimize and insure against...more

Marshall Dennehey

Fourth District Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Homeowners, Citing Trial Court Calendaring Error

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Howard Roy Housen and Valerie Housen v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Fla. 4th DCA, No. 4D2023-2720, January 22, 2025 - The Fourth District Court of Appeals found that the homeowners demonstrated excusable...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

HB 1551 is Bad for Florida

Sometimes, a bill comes clad in sheep’s clothing. But to borrow words from Justice Scalia, “this wolf comes as a wolf.” For decades, Florida was in an insurance crisis....more

Zelle  LLP

When a Plaintiff’s Counsel Thinks His Client is Dead and then Alive Again – Believe Him but Seek Sanctions

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In Michael Mitchell v. USAA General Indemnity Company, No. 09-23-00042-CV, 2025 WL 635235 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Feb. 27, 2025, no pet.), the appellate court affirmed dismissal of all Plaintiff’s claims with prejudice, finding...more

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Presuit Notice to Third-Party Adjuster Does Not Comply with Section 542A.003(a) of the Texas Insurance Code

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As a question of first impression, The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas analyzed whether issuing pre-suit notice to a third-party adjuster satisfies Section 542A.003(a) of the Texas Insurance...more

Maynard Nexsen

Lessons in Limitation – Contractual Limitations Provisions as a Basis for Summary Judgment

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In recent weeks, our firm obtained summary judgment under a contractual limitations provision that the plaintiff-insured argued had been equitably tolled due to the insurance carrier’s conduct. Although the good guys won, the...more

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The Ninth Circuit Wants Everyone to Stop Forgetting About the Appraisal Provision

Policyholders, don’t lose track of the appraisal provision in your insurance policies. At least that is what the panel in 50 Exch. Terrace LLC v. Mt. Vernon Specialty Ins. Co. seemed to be saying. There, the Ninth Circuit...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

February 2025 Insurance Update

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The 2014 Home Depot data breach was one of the more notorious cyberattacks. A decade later, litigation over that incident continues. The Sixth Circuit recently decided whether an electronic data exclusion cleared insurers...more

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The First Houston Court of Appeals Correctly Grants Mandamus Relief to Compel Appraisal After Suit Is Filed

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In re SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exch., involved a claim for hail and wind damage to the insured’s (“Glasper”) residence. 702 S.W.3d 876, 878 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2024, no pet. h.) The carrier (“SureChoice”)...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Judges Wipe Out Business Interruption Policyholders’ First (And Only) COVID Win

Out of the 1,199 (and counting) trial court rulings addressing Covid business interruption lawsuits, only one of them resulted in a victory for the policyholder. Back in 2022, Baylor College of Medicine won $12 million from...more

Cozen O'Connor

Decision: Insurer Prevails on Motion in Limine to Exclude RCV Evidence at Trial

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In the recent decision Marquez v. Clear Blue Specialty Insurance Company, No. 6:23-cv-2025-ACC-DCI, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 219390 (M.D. Fla. Dec. 4, 2024), the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted the...more

Buchalter

The 10 “P’s” to Prepare for Wildfire Litigation

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1) Preservation Demand.  Send an evidence preservation notice to anyone you think may be liable or contributed to the fire (so the entity is on notice not to destroy, delete, or alter relevant evidence)....more

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How to Be a Reasonably Prudent Insurer Under the Stowers Doctrine, Part II

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There are a number of factors that Courts review when determining whether an insurer has acted under a “reasonably prudent insurer” standard under the Stowers doctrine. We have previously discussed key issues to look out for...more

Jones Day

Diocese of Rockville Centre Pioneers a Global Resolution for Itself, Its 136 Parishes, and its Settling Insurers Post-Purdue

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In order to resolve hundreds of Child Victims Act lawsuits alleging sexual abuse, the Diocese of Rockville Centre commenced chapter 11 to seek protection for itself, its parishes, and schools, as well as providing equitable...more

Maynard Nexsen

The Art and Strategy of Interpleader Actions

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Resolving competing claims to insurance proceeds can become a complex and costly endeavor for an insurer without the proper strategies. Fortunately, the interpleader remedy offers a streamlined, efficient solution for...more

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