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Policy Exclusions Duty to Defend Professional Liability Insurance

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April 2025 New York Insurance Coverage Law Update

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John H. Fisher and his P.C. represented a client in a medical malpractice action filed on February 15, 2019, alleging that the defendant medical providers failed to provide proper prenatal care to the client, causing the...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Ruling That Section 533 Bars Coverage for Defense Costs and Indemnity When Claims Broadly Allege Willful...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, applying California law, has affirmed a district court’s determination that California Insurance Code § 533 barred indemnity and defense costs coverage for a lawsuit...more

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Lawsuit not a “Related Claim” to Earlier Demand Letter, but Policy Rescinded Based on Material Misrepresentations in Application

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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida has held that an insurer was entitled to rescind a professional liability insurance company where the insured architecture firm made multiple material...more

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Based on Defamation Allegations, Insurer Must Defend Property Management Company against Lawsuit for Unlawful Security Deposit and...

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of California, applying California law, held that a professional liability insurer had a duty to defend a property management company against a class action lawsuit...more

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Second Circuit Affirms Ruling That Prior Knowledge Exclusion Barred Coverage for Legal Malpractice Lawsuit

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling, which declared that North River Insurance Co. had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured in connection with a legal malpractice lawsuit....more

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Professional Services Exclusions Bar Coverage for a Pharmacy Technician’s Mistake in Dispensing Medication

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The Western District of North Carolina has held that the professional services exclusions of two different policies issued to a staffing agency negated any duty to defend a lawsuit alleging a pharmacy technician improperly...more

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Insurer Waived Right to Assert Policy Exclusion First Raised in Answer to Declaratory Judgment Complaint

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, applying New York law, has concluded that an insurer waived the right to assert a policy exclusion as a coverage defense in a declaratory judgment action after...more

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Eleventh Circuit Defers to Insurer’s Definition of Professional Services

Does an Errors & Omissions (E&O) insurer have a duty to defend its insured mental healthcare provider when the policyholder was not licensed to provide such mental health counseling services? The Eleventh Circuit recently...more

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