Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | December 5, 2019 While working on and researching for answers to questions posed by Professor Feinman regarding the growing insurance coverage gaps crisis, I came across a very pointed article published about how modern insurance company claims practices are destroying the construction restoration industry. In Cleaning & Restoration (Quarter 1,… Continue reading Policyholders and Contractors Unite Against Wrongful Insurance Company Claims Practices
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Insurance Companies Cannot Deduct The Cost Of Land From Your Replacement Home Purchase in California
Daniel Veroff | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | June 4, 2019 Many insurance policyholders who have lost homes in the devastating California wildfires call our firm and ask, “Can my insurance company really deduct the value of the land under the replacement home I purchased from my claim payment?” This is a great question because this… Continue reading Insurance Companies Cannot Deduct The Cost Of Land From Your Replacement Home Purchase in California
Claim Denied? Why Picking the Wrong Expert Can Cost You
Ian Dankelman | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | June 2, 2019 Picking the right expert has never been more important when fighting an insurance company that has wrongfully denied an insurance claim. The rule for expert admissibility has just changed in Florida and the same concerns about experts apply everywhere. Under the Frye test, a party… Continue reading Claim Denied? Why Picking the Wrong Expert Can Cost You
Ohio Supreme Court Narrows Coverage for Construction Defect Claims
Arnanda M. Leffler and Anastasia J. Wade | Brouse McDowell | February 10, 2019 On October 9, 2018, the Ohio Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Ohio Northern Univ. v. Charles Constr. Servs., 2018-Ohio-4057, holding that a general contractor was not entitled to insurance coverage for its subcontractor’s faulty work. Since then, some commentators have… Continue reading Ohio Supreme Court Narrows Coverage for Construction Defect Claims
Massachusetts Federal Court Holds No Coverage for Mold and Water Damage Claim
Brian Margolies | TLSS Insurance Law Blog | January 15, 2019 In its recent decision in Clarendon National Ins. Co. v. Philadelphia Indemnity Ins. Co., 2019 WL 134614 (D. Mass. Jan. 8, 2019), the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts had occasion to consider the application of a prior knowledge provision in the… Continue reading Massachusetts Federal Court Holds No Coverage for Mold and Water Damage Claim