Policyholder Attys See Calif. Smoke Case As Boon For LA
Smoke-damaged businesses in Los Angeles could benefit from a California federal court decision in January that likened smoke to asbestos, while differentiating smoke from viruses for insurance coverage purposes, according to policyholder attorneys.
SC Justices To Weigh Jurisdictional Limits In Asbestos Cases
The South Carolina Supreme Court will consider Tuesday whether its first female justice and former chief, who now oversees the state's asbestos cases, can continue to exercise jurisdiction over companies not incorporated in the state or haven't directly done business there, and nevertheless appoint a receiver over their insurance assets.
Insurance Expert Tackles Super Bowl Coverage Risks
The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles earned their way to the Super Bowl only last week, but the NFL, host city New Orleans, the stadium and others have spent years planning and securing the necessary insurance coverage to ensure the biggest sporting event of the year is properly protected. Here, insurance industry veteran Lori Shaw spoke with Law360 about insuring one of the world's most-watched sporting events.
Policyholder Attys See Calif. Smoke Case As Boon For LA
Smoke-damaged businesses in Los Angeles could benefit from a California federal court decision in January that likened smoke to asbestos, while differentiating smoke from viruses for insurance coverage purposes, according to policyholder attorneys.
SC Justices To Weigh Jurisdictional Limits In Asbestos Cases
The South Carolina Supreme Court will consider Tuesday whether its first female justice and former chief, who now oversees the state's asbestos cases, can continue to exercise jurisdiction over companies not incorporated in the state or haven't directly done business there, and nevertheless appoint a receiver over their insurance assets.
Insurance Expert Tackles Super Bowl Coverage Risks
The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles earned their way to the Super Bowl only last week, but the NFL, host city New Orleans, the stadium and others have spent years planning and securing the necessary insurance coverage to ensure the biggest sporting event of the year is properly protected. Here, insurance industry veteran Lori Shaw spoke with Law360 about insuring one of the world's most-watched sporting events.
Expert Analysis
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Property More
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday upheld a Louisiana high school's win in its suit claiming that a flooring company caused a gym fire, holding that the high school has a right of action for property damage to the gymnasium.
A deadly wildfire may be among the first covered by a new state fund that reimburses at-fault utility companies. This could mean billions of dollars for plaintiffs lawyers, and, if past fires are any indicatio... (more story)
United Fire & Casualty Co. reached a settlement in its $1.7 million suit against a Texas sign-making company, resolving its bid to recover funds paid to a bed and breakfast after a fluorescent sign caught fire... (more story)
A State Farm unit owes no additional payment to a California medical center for lost income from water damage, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled, agreeing with a lower court that the insurer paid the amount due under the policy.
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A Columbus, Ohio, paint manufacturer accused Chubb of wrongfully refusing to reimburse it for more than $1 million after the company's resin manufacturing plant exploded and caused a hazardous chemical spill, ... (more story)
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee met Thursday to discuss the recent California wildfires and how regulatory policy may aid future prevention of natural disasters, as experts emphasized that the fir... (more story)
General Liability More
An excess insurer told a Washington federal court that it should not have to contribute to a settlement after an underlying lawsuit asserted more than $50 million in claims against a vineyard for allegedly dam... (more story)
Coverage litigation with Meta over underlying claims that it deliberately designed its platforms to be addictive to adolescents ought to take place in Delaware state court, units of Chubb and Hartford told a D... (more story)
A California state appeals court revived an Allstate policyholder's legal malpractice suit against his insurer-appointed attorney, saying the policyholder sufficiently alleged the attorney's drafting of an und... (more story)
Meta asked a Delaware federal court to postpone ruling on its insurers' request to remand a dispute over coverage for thousands of suits alleging harm from the company's social media platforms, saying the acti... (more story)
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North Carolina's insurance commissioner urged the state's highest court to reject a policyholder's appeal challenging a series of insurer rate hike approvals in court, saying an appeals panel correctly found t... (more story)
Specialty Lines More
The Eleventh Circuit has affirmed a Georgia federal judge's decision to hand a win to a transport company in a coverage dispute with Crum & Forster Insurance, ruling the insurer must cover a workers' compensat... (more story)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has announced the addition of an insurance recovery expert from Morgan Lewis as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office to advise and represent insurance policyholders.
OpenText told a Michigan federal court it should be dismissed from an insurer's suit seeking to avoid coverage of a class action from former Covisint shareholders alleging an unfair merger, saying it's not inv... (more story)
The Delaware Supreme Court agreed that a jury's fraud verdict against an ex-Xerox unit was improper and also limited a pharmaceutical company's recovery for a securities suit, while the Sixth Circuit refused t... (more story)
An insurer said Wednesday that it does not owe the owners of Seattle's "sinking ship" public garage coverage in an underlying wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man fatally shot while parking his ... (more story)
The Sixth Circuit refused Wednesday to review its January finding that an electronic data exclusion in Home Depot's commercial general liability policies barred coverage for the retail giant's $50 million clai... (more story)
Delaware's top court has reversed a Superior Court ruling that upheld Alexion Pharmaceuticals' claim to coverage under a $105 million "tower" of insurance for potential stockholder claims in a suit accusing th... (more story)