Deborah Trotter | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | February 1, 2019 The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department “unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion denied and the claims reinstated,” the New York County Supreme Court trial judge’s order dated April 2, 2018, to the extent appealed from, which granted… Continue reading Consequences of a Well-Pled Complaint
Tag: Insurance Coverage Disputes
Inability to Confirm Coverage Supports Setting Aside Insured’s Default Judgment on Grounds of Extrinsic Mistake
Christopher Kendrick and Valerie A. Moore | Haight Brown & Bonesteel | December 17, 2018 In Mechling v. Asbestos Defendants (No. A150132, filed 12/11/18), a California appeals court affirmed the trial court’s grant of an insurer’s motion to set aside default judgments entered against its defunct insured pursuant to the trial court’s inherent, equitable power to set… Continue reading Inability to Confirm Coverage Supports Setting Aside Insured’s Default Judgment on Grounds of Extrinsic Mistake
The Contingency Fee Multiplier (For Insurance Coverage Disputes)
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates | August 25, 2018 The contingency fee multiplier: a potential incentive for taking a case on contingency, such as an insurance coverage dispute, where the insured sues his/her/its insurer on a contingency fee basis. In a recent property insurance coverage dispute, Citizens Property Ins. Corp. v. Agosta, 43 Fla.L.Weekly, D1934b (Fla. 3d… Continue reading The Contingency Fee Multiplier (For Insurance Coverage Disputes)