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Malpractice Insurance Denial of Insurance Coverage

Goldberg Segalla

Report Claims Early & Often

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Malpractice claims against attorneys, and the severity of those claims, continue to rise. In fact, legal malpractice claims have been trending up for the last 15 years or so. Whether that’s due to economic factors, the sheer...more

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No Coverage for Claims Made Outside of Claims-Made Policy Period

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, applying Illinois law, has granted a legal professional liability insurer’s motion for summary judgment, holding that its claims-made policy did not...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Mind the Proper Use of ‘Prior Knowledge’ Exclusions

Liability insurance written on a claims made basis is designed to protect an insured against claims asserted following the policy’s inception even if the acts giving rise to the claim took place prior to policy inception. But...more

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No Coverage Under Legal Malpractice Policy for Solo Practitioner’s Family Disputes

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A Pennsylvania federal district court has held that a solo practitioner’s legal malpractice policy did not provide coverage for litigation arising out of several disputes with the attorney’s family because the attorney failed...more

White and Williams LLP

The Complex Insurance Coverage Reporter - 2019 Year in Review

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Welcome to CICR’s annual review of insurance cases. Here, we spotlight five decisions from the last year that you should know about—and five pending cases to watch. As our picks for “Cases to Know” indicate, 2019 was not a...more

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What Are Insurers Using for Excuses Not to Pay Claims?

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We have seen a recent rash of cases where defending insurers are stretching to new lengths to force their insureds to contribute substantially more that the deductible bargained for in the policy, often grasping at the straw...more

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