Erin Dunnavant | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | August 7, 2018 Florida’s Federal Middle District believes it can.1 After Hurricane Irma struck its commercial building in Port Charlotte, Florida, building owners Etcetera, Etc, Inc., filed an insurance claim under their policy with Evanston Insurance Company (“Evanston”). Evanston began its investigation, and as that was underway… Continue reading Can Appraisal Take Place Over Property That Has Been Demolished?
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Examinations Under Oath: Be Careful What You Ask For
Edward Eshoo | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | August 4, 2018 My article published in Adjusting Today,1 Property Insurance 101: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Examinations Under Oath – But Were Afraid to Ask!, was the subject of my blog post last month. As discussed in the article, an examination under oath (“EUO”) is not… Continue reading Examinations Under Oath: Be Careful What You Ask For
Successful Assertion of a Professional Liability Claim
Michael L. Meyer | Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | July 25, 2018 Perhaps you are a general contractor whose project has suffered a catastrophic failure due to a problem with an engineer’s calculations. Maybe you are an owner and you have just learned your new building sits partially on adjacent property due to an… Continue reading Successful Assertion of a Professional Liability Claim
Interest and Attorneys’ Fees? – Saved by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
J. Ryan Fowler | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | August 1, 2018 In a recent decision from a United States District Court, the trial court had to decide whether the insured was owed statutory interest and attorneys’ fees even though the insured did not properly plead for the interest or fees. In Agredano v. State… Continue reading Interest and Attorneys’ Fees? – Saved by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Supreme Court of Minnesota Holds Ventilator Motor Incorporated Into a Home’s HVAC System Qualifies as “Machinery” Excepted From the State’s Ten-Year Statute of Repose
John J. Gazzola | Pepper Hamilton LLP | July 26, 2018 Great N. Ins. Co. v. Honeywell Int’l, Inc., No. A16-0997, 2018 Minn. LEXIS 236 (May 9, 2018) This case arises out of a residential construction project and the installation of ventilators into a home’s HVAC system. Sixteen years after completion of the work, a… Continue reading Supreme Court of Minnesota Holds Ventilator Motor Incorporated Into a Home’s HVAC System Qualifies as “Machinery” Excepted From the State’s Ten-Year Statute of Repose