Ashley Harris | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | October 28, 2018 A federal court in the Northern District of Georgia recently found that State Farm’s contamination clause was ambiguous regarding its application to a meth lab claim. In Cochran v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company,1 the Plaintiffs owned a rental property in Atlanta, Georgia. While… Continue reading Georgia Court Finds Contamination Clause Ambiguous in Meth Lab Claim
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Almost Nothing is Impossible
Smith Currie | October 22, 2018 In today’s ever-changing legal and political climate, contractors are being forced to deal with events and circumstances that seemed improbable just a short time ago. These changing circumstances have led some contractors to question whether they are required to continue performing in the face of uncertainty and, in many… Continue reading Almost Nothing is Impossible
“Abrupt Falling Down of Building or Part of Building” as Definition of Collapse Found Ambiguous
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | October 10, 2018 The federal district court predicted the California Supreme Court would find the definition of collapse, calling for the abrupt falling down or caving in of a building or part of a building, to be ambiguous. Hoban v. Nova Cas. Co., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139116… Continue reading “Abrupt Falling Down of Building or Part of Building” as Definition of Collapse Found Ambiguous
Florida Supreme Court Rebuffs Legislature’s Mandate to Adopt Daubert Standard
Clifford J. Zatz and William L. Anderson | Crowell & Moring LLP | October 22, 2018 Five years after the Florida legislature amended the state’s evidence code to incorporate the Daubert standard for admissibility of expert testimony, the Florida Supreme Court last week held the amendment unconstitutional. “With our decision today,” said the Court, “we reaffirm that Frye, not Daubert,… Continue reading Florida Supreme Court Rebuffs Legislature’s Mandate to Adopt Daubert Standard
Fla. Supreme Court Changes Standard for Admitting Expert Testimony Into Evidence
Ernest Wagner | Marice Wutscher LLP | October 25, 2018 The Supreme Court of Florida recently held that the Florida Legislature’s 2013 amendment of the Florida Rules of Evidence adopting the federal Daubert standard for admitting expert testimony was unconstitutional. In so ruling, the Court returned Florida to the Frye standard for admitting expert testimony. A copy of the… Continue reading Fla. Supreme Court Changes Standard for Admitting Expert Testimony Into Evidence