Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | July 2, 2018 Bill Wilson is paramount educator of Insurance. His latest book, When Words Collide: Resolving Insurance Coverage and Claims Disputes, is an excellent resource all insurance claims experts and professionals should have in their library. I thought so much of it I have ordered the book… Continue reading Bill Wilson’s Suggestions for Insurance Professionals’ Duties and Obligations
Category: Insurance Coverage
Insurance Coverage Litigation – Insurer And Policyholder Perspectives
Mark Miller | Miller Friel PLLC | June 19, 2018 Insurance Coverage litigation may be, by some, considered a last resort. That is, a process to enter into when all other avenues of settlement have failed. In certain situations, however, insurers file early declaratory judgment actions. In others, policyholders sue soon after receipt of a… Continue reading Insurance Coverage Litigation – Insurer And Policyholder Perspectives
California Supreme Court Rules Broadly in Favor of Insureds
David E. Weiss and Kerry Roberson | ReedSmith | June 11, 2018 On Monday, June 4, 2018, the California Supreme Court ruled that an insurance company must provide liability coverage to its corporate insured against claims of negligent hiring, retention, and supervision of its employee, who allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old child. The case is Liberty… Continue reading California Supreme Court Rules Broadly in Favor of Insureds
Battle of Experts Cannot Be Decided on Summary Judgment
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | June 6, 2018 When two competing experts disagreed on the cause of the loss, the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the insurer. Garcia v. Firs Community Ins. Co., Fla. App. LEXIS 4237 (Fla. Ct. App. March 28, 2018). Garcia, the homeowner, discovered water damage in… Continue reading Battle of Experts Cannot Be Decided on Summary Judgment
Post-Menchaca: Is the Independent Injury Rule Dead or Alive?
Kay Morgan | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | June 17, 2018 Having undertaken to write about “all things Menchaca,” this month is a review of five cases post-Menchaca which contradict one another in deciding whether the independent injury rule is dead or alive. Looking at the first set of cases post-Menchaca, it appears that the answer… Continue reading Post-Menchaca: Is the Independent Injury Rule Dead or Alive?